Christi Fields, LCSW

Licensed in New Mexico · 10 years in practice

Christi Fields helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, substance use, grief, and relationship struggles.

License and registration

LCSW, New Mexico: C-11005 · expires July 2027
LCSW, California: 94854 · expires May 2026
NPI: 1891331880 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Christi

Christi Fields helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, substance use, grief, and relationship struggles. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 10 years of experience who works with people facing trauma, family problems, court involvement, and life transitions. Christi writes plainly and focuses on practical steps rather than perfection.

Her sessions center on the person in their environment. She uses a harm-reduction stance and supports self-determination. That means clients set goals and she helps figure out steps that feel doable for them.

Background and approach

Christi blends client-centered work with solution-focused and cognitive behavioral techniques. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find the drive to change. In practice this looks like setting small, measurable goals, trying specific coping skills, and adjusting plans as needed.

She has experience providing counseling, clinical case management, and parenting psychoeducation, including work tied to child welfare and criminal justice contexts. Christi has helped people dealing with homelessness, substance use, divorce, adoption and foster care concerns, and blended family issues. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and increase concrete options.

Christi talks through emotions, practices new ways of responding, and builds simple plans to try between sessions. She prefers a straightforward, nonjudgmental approach that recognizes progress can be incremental.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Christi lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
ADHD
Adoption and foster care
Blended family issues
Divorce and separation
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Guilt and shame
Intellectual disability

Approaches Christi names

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Online support

Approaches that guide online sessions

Christi commonly uses client-centered techniques and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people set their own goals; it helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort feelings and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches specific skills to change patterns that feed anxiety or depression.

She also draws on motivational interviewing to support people who feel stuck. That approach uses open questions and reflective listening to build motivation for change rather than pushing for quick fixes. Together these methods aim to create clear, small steps clients can try between sessions so progress feels achievable.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify which methods match a client's needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as those needs change over time.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video helps when visual connection matters, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for quick check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and to continue work across life changes.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Christi address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship and parenting issues, and trauma-related problems among others.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centered and nonjudgmental, emphasizing self-determination and harm reduction to find realistic, individualized solutions.

What is her professional background?

Christi has 10 years of experience offering counseling, clinical case management, and parenting psychoeducation, including work connected to child welfare and court systems.

Where is she licensed and based?

She holds LCSW credentials in New Mexico and California and practices from New Mexico.

Can I work with her in a language other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible access to care.

How are sessions billed and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start therapy with Christi?

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