Christiane Wilson-Dunlap, LMFT
Compassionate, practical therapy for life change
About Christiane
Christiane Wilson-Dunlap helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship strain, and major life changes. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in Nevada.
Background and approach
Her approach focuses on practical steps you can use right away to feel steadier and more in control. She uses straightforward talk, active problem solving, and skills practice.
Sessions include listening to what matters most, identifying patterns that cause pain, and trying small changes to see what helps. Christiane blends tools that focus on thoughts and behaviors with strategies to build emotional awareness.
Her work also attends to issues around adoption and foster care, pregnancy and childbirth, postpartum depression, and concerns common to young adults and women. Communication problems, family of origin issues, and feelings of isolation are often part of the conversations she has with clients.
Christiane has about ten years of experience and has worked in settings that addressed both mental health and substance use. She brings a practical, hopeful stance aimed at helping people name what’s hard and take steps toward clearer relationships and better day-to-day coping.
In sessions she may draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, trauma-focused approaches, and the Gottman Method for relationship skills. These are used to tailor an approach that fits each person’s goals and situation.
How these approaches translate to online care
Christiane frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT breaks problems into small parts and teaches specific skills you can practice between sessions to reduce anxiety or low mood.She also uses the Gottman Method for improving communication and conflict patterns in relationships. This approach teaches concrete exercises for listening, expressing needs, and managing arguments that couples or individuals can practice outside sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and try methods that fit their situation. Adjustments are common so the work matches what actually helps over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face without traveling, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief reflections or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, childcare, or other obligations while still using the selected therapeutic methods.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Nevada, Arizona
- Languages
- English