Christine O'Connor

Christine O'Connor is a licensed clinical social worker with many years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She supports those who are dealing with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She emphasizes a respectful, strengths-based stance and encourages clients to use their own knowledge about their lives.

She views the person in the center of their story and focuses on practical steps clients can take. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to coping skills and clarity about next steps. Christine helps people build on what already works for them and notices patterns that get in the way.

Her approach is flexible and meets people where they are. She listens for what matters most and helps identify small changes that make daily life easier. Christine works with a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, anger, career challenges, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

She also supports people facing body image struggles, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and issues around attachment and abandonment. Christine draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions and tailor strategies to each person’s goals.

With 27 years of practice as an LCSW in New Hampshire, she brings long-term experience to each case. She encourages people to take the first step, and offers a steady, practical presence while clients work toward more manageable days.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Christine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One common approach emphasizes identifying patterns and building concrete coping skills to reduce stress and anxiety; this helps with day-to-day overwhelm and improving routines. Another approach centers on processing trauma and loss through guided conversation and pacing, which aims to reduce the intensity of painful memories and improve functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which techniques fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That collaborative process includes trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting plans over time.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help sessions fit into busy lives. It can also reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when useful, and make it simpler to attend from different locations. Licensed professionals can work with people across regions, and this therapist accepts international clients, but please verify session arrangements and times when you schedule.