Therapist profile
Christopher Massey, LCSW
Missouri
LCSW - Codependency and relationship concerns
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Missouri / 2021014789
- NPI
- 1346890696
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Missouri
About
- Attachment-based work
- CBT and DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Christopher
Christopher Massey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri with five years of experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship strains, and codependency-related patterns. He also supports people coping with trauma, grief, parenting challenges, and life transitions.
Christopher uses plain, practical language in sessions. He listens first, then helps people name what feels off and what they want to change. He teaches coping skills and strategies to manage intense emotions, improve sleep and eating patterns, and handle everyday stressors.
His approach blends attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral techniques. That means he pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns, centers the person's experience, and works on thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. He also draws on dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness tools when they fit the situation.
Sessions tend to be interactive and focused on concrete steps. Christopher helps people build boundaries, reduce people-pleasing, and respond differently to others' moods or crises. He works with parenting concerns, caregiving stress, and issues connected to abandonment or attachment wounds.
People can expect a collaborative process where goals are set together. Christopher uses a strengths-oriented stance to identify skills a person already has and then adds new strategies. He accepts international clients and holds sessions in English.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Christopher often draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns still affect how someone reacts today. This helps when people notice they lose themselves in relationships or struggle with boundaries. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to spot unhelpful thoughts and practice different behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and codependency-related thinking.Finding the best fit is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs and goals, try approaches that match those priorities, and adjust as work progresses. Clients and therapist decide together which tools and practices to keep using.
Confirm the available session formats before booking since the profile does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use mindfulness or skills practice between meetings. Licensed professionals can use online sessions to teach coping skills, run DBT-informed practices, and coach on boundary-setting without requiring travel.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, relationship strain, codependency patterns, grief, parenting issues, and related concerns.
How would he describe his therapy style?
He uses an interactive, client-centered style that combines attachment-informed thinking with cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness techniques.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has five years of experience working as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Is he licensed and where does he practice?
He is an LCSW licensed in Missouri and practices with that credential.
Can sessions be done in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm the current session format options before booking since formats are not specified in the profile.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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