Giles Christman, LMFT

Giles Christman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 12 years of experience helping people navigate relationship challenges, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. He practices from North Carolina and works in English. Giles aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people feeling overwhelmed by life changes or painful losses.

He uses trauma-focused cognitive behavioral techniques and a strengths-based perspective to help clients identify patterns and build new ways of coping. Sessions often focus on improving communication, managing strong emotions, and sorting out the effects of attachment wounds or abandonment fears.

Giles has a background working with schools and juvenile justice systems, where he supported families and young people facing behavioral and academic struggles. That experience informs his approach to problem solving and goal setting in therapy.

He emphasizes culturally aware care and helps people tap into their existing abilities. In sessions he listens for practical steps, offers tools to try between meetings, and revisits what is working.

To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to the therapist's availability. The practice uses a cancelable subscription for sessions, and exact scheduling and format should be confirmed when booking.

Approaches that guide online and in-person work

The profile notes trauma-focused cognitive behavioral techniques, which concentrate on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing new skills to reduce trauma-related symptoms and distress. This approach often involves structured exercises and small homework tasks to try between sessions.

He also uses strengths-based methods that focus on a person’s existing resources and abilities. That perspective helps build confidence and clearer paths forward by highlighting what already works in someone’s life and expanding it.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they adjust techniques and priorities as therapy progresses so the plan matches changing needs.

The original biography did not list specific remote session formats, so please confirm available options when booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins during breaks. Others prefer in-person work for face-to-face interaction; the therapist will discuss what best fits a person’s schedule and therapeutic goals.