Colin Christman, LCSW

Licensed in Connecticut · 5 years in practice

Colin Christman is a licensed clinical social worker in Connecticut who takes a thoughtful, psychodynamic approach to therapy.

License and registration

LCSW, Connecticut: 58.013911 · expires November 2026
NPI: 1356197396 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 5
Languages: English

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About Colin

Colin Christman is a licensed clinical social worker in Connecticut who takes a thoughtful, psychodynamic approach to therapy. He speaks plainly about emotional needs and helps people identify what’s missing in their lives. Sessions begin with simple questions about who a person is and what matters to them.

Colin draws on five years of experience in intensive care settings and residential treatment. He has worked with severe behavioral health challenges including substance use, self-harm, suicidality, eating disorders, and complex trauma.

Background and approach

That background shapes his comfort with complicated, layered problems. He often focuses on trauma and abuse, eating concerns, depression, and coping with life changes. He also addresses related areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, and chronic illness.

He pays attention to how overlapping difficulties affect daily functioning. In sessions he looks for unmet emotional needs - safety, connection, identity, purpose, and structure - and then explores how those gaps lead to harmful patterns. Work in therapy connects current problems to deeper beliefs and life history so clients can choose different behaviors aligned with their values.

Colin values practical, step-by-step work alongside deeper reflection. He balances understanding the past with building skills and routines that make daily life more manageable. Emma, a certified emotional support dog, may sometimes be present during sessions.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Eating disorders
Depression
Coping with life changes
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Personality disorders
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Colin describes his work through psychodynamic ideas that look at how past experiences shape current patterns. This approach involves talking about life stories, identifying recurring relationship patterns, and connecting those patterns to present-day feelings and choices. It can help when depression or attachment issues make relationships or daily routines feel stuck.

He also uses trauma-focused ways of working that focus on understanding how traumatic events changed a person’s sense of safety and connection. That can help people who struggle with abuse, complex trauma, or intense emotional reactions to stress. In addition, his practice includes attention to eating and body-image concerns with a focus on how beliefs and routines affect daily habits and self-care.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to goals, try different ways of working, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize insight, coping skills, or changes to daily routines.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use facial cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text work well for shorter check-ins, tracking progress, and steady support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and can keep momentum between appointments.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does this therapist address?

He works with people facing family-related stress, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, depression, and major life changes. Other areas include attachment problems, abandonment, body image, and caregiver stress.

How would you describe the therapy style?

The approach is psychodynamic and reflective, with attention to how past experiences shape present behavior. Sessions mix insight about underlying beliefs with practical steps to change daily patterns.

What relevant experience does he bring?

Colin has five years of clinical experience, largely in inpatient and residential intensive care settings treating severe behavioral health issues and complex trauma. That work informed his handling of layered problems.

What are his credentials and where is he based?

He is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in Connecticut. The profile lists Connecticut as his professional location.

Which languages are supported and can international clients participate?

Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be held as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and preferences.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is managed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What steps start the process of working together?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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