About Christine
Christine “Chrissy” Bruso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 14 years of experience. She combines a warm, honest style with practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, parenting strain, workplace concerns, and life transitions.
Chrissy draws on a client-centered approach that focuses on strengths and real goals. She uses straightforward techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to shift unhelpful thoughts and solution-focused strategies to set concrete next steps. Sessions emphasize clear skills, boundary-setting, and small changes that build confidence over time.
Her background includes a wide range of roles from horse farm manager and riding instructor to legal secretary, adoption support, and counseling people with autism. That variety informs a flexible way of working that meets people where they are. She pays special attention to the pressures many parents face and to workplace wellbeing issues.
In sessions she supports people dealing with relationship strain, family dynamics, parenting concerns, self-esteem struggles, depression, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and questions about life purpose. She also addresses adoption and foster care matters, postpartum challenges, body image, caregiver stress, and commitment or communication problems.
Chrissy aims to build a collaborative relationship where clients learn to recognize strengths, practice new habits, and try manageable steps toward their goals. Her tone is kind but direct, and she focuses on helping people balance responsibilities while finding more meaning and ease in daily life.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting your goals. It emphasizes your strengths and helps you find your own answers when managing family, parenting, or workplace stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. In brief, it helps identify unhelpful thinking, try new responses, and reduce anxiety or depression symptoms with practical exercises.
Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, actionable steps. It helps set clear goals and build momentum through short-term, measurable changes for issues like communication problems or work stress.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with you to pick methods that match your goals, needs, and preferences and adjust plans as you make progress.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, since specific online options are not listed in the profile. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy workday, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let people join from different locations without travel time. Therapists use these methods to help clients practice skills between meetings and apply them directly to everyday life.
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Experience
14+ years
Credentials
Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting struggles, workplace problems, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is honest and kind, focused on strengths. She combines client-centered listening with practical tools and action steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of clinical experience working in varied roles including adoption support and counseling people with autism.
What credential and region does she practice in?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - practicing in Virginia.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the profile.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.