Christopher Standish

Christopher Standish is an LCSW practicing in California with nine years of clinical experience. He has worked in publicly funded mental health clinics and in substance abuse treatment communities. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. Christopher aims to meet clients with respect, sensitivity, and compassion as they begin therapy.

He draws on practical strategies and talk-based approaches to tailor care to each person. Sessions typically involve setting goals together and choosing steps that fit day-to-day life. Christopher uses approaches that help people identify unhelpful thoughts, tell the stories that shape their choices, and build motivation for change.

His background includes work across community settings where people face addiction, caregiver strain, and family conflict. That experience informs how he supports people navigating life transitions, fatherhood issues, aging concerns, and feelings of isolation. He pays attention to how early relationships and attachment shape current patterns.

In the therapy room, Christopher balances short-term problem solving with deeper reflection when it helps. He can use cognitive techniques to manage distress and narrative or psychodynamic ideas to make sense of repeating patterns. Together with each client he plans next steps that feel doable.

Starting therapy can feel hard, and Christopher acknowledges that first step. He encourages direct conversation about goals, timelines, and what a successful session looks like for each person.

How these approaches guide online therapy