Christie Carol Spahr, LMFT

Christie Carol Spahr is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 26 years of professional experience. She supports people in exploring who they are, cultivating self-compassion, and strengthening tolerance, trust, and confidence to better manage painful life experiences such as stress, sadness, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and existential concerns. Christie helps clients refocus on a grounded sense of self and build belief in their own worth.

Her work draws on humanistic and existential perspectives and integrates person-centered, motivational, narrative, and spoken word approaches to foster an open-hearted, open-minded space where thoughts, emotions, and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Christie approaches therapy with respect and presence, acknowledging that taking the first step toward a more fulfilling life requires courage and support.

Christie holds a BA in Religious Studies from the University of Oregon with emphases in cultural, sociological, indigenous, and philosophical worldviews. After a period in sports marketing and studies of Indigenous cultures in Australia and the United States, she returned to graduate school and earned an MA in Psychology with a specialty in Marriage and Family Therapy. As an LMFT, she is trained to work with individuals, couples, and families on relationship dynamics and related concerns.

Her clinical specialties include stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional areas of focus include abandonment, attachment issues, body image, communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, men's issues, narcissism, panic disorder and panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress.

Outside of her clinical work, Christie is a lifelong runner who has completed marathons around the world. She credits running with teaching persistence, honesty with oneself, and the realization that challenges once thought impossible can be accomplished. She values her work as a therapist and looks forward to meeting people who are ready to begin or continue their healing journey.