Christie Carol Spahr, LMFT

Her tone aims to be straightforward and compassionate for people who are worried and unsure where to start. Christie uses open, conversational methods to help people get to know who they are.

She encourages self-compassion, confidence, and tolerance for difficult feelings. Sessions focus on practical steps to manage panic, persistent worry, and overwhelming sadness.

Her approach draws on humanistic and person-centered ideas that center the client's experience. She also uses existential and narrative perspectives to help people find meaning and rewrite unhelpful stories about themselves.

Motivational strategies are woven in to support changes clients want to make. Christie trained at the University of Oregon and holds a Master of Arts in Psychology with a specialty in Marriage and Family Therapy.

She brings 26 years of professional experience to her work and respects the courage it takes to seek change. Outside of therapy she is an avid runner and says long-distance running taught persistence and honesty with oneself.

That life view shows up in sessions as steady, realistic encouragement. Christie looks forward to meeting people ready to practice trust and build confidence.

Background and approach: She creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken aloud. Therapy sessions blend spoken word, reflective conversation, and practical goal-setting.

Clients explore attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, body image, guilt and shame, and trauma-related symptoms like panic and post-traumatic stress. Christie aims to help people refocus on who they are and move toward a more fulfilling life.