Christie Alexander Trimmer, ACA

11 years in practice

Christie Alexander Trimmer offers practical, calm support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, trauma or depression.

License and registration

ACA: 13573 · expires April 2026
Years in practice: 11
Languages: English

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About Christie

Christie Alexander Trimmer offers practical, calm support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, trauma or depression. She writes in a warm, curious way and aims to help people find steady ground when life feels hard. Christie is an ACA counsellor with 11 years of practice in Australia.

Her work is straightforward and conversational. She listens for what matters most and helps people notice patterns in feelings and behaviour.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on small, concrete steps that build confidence and clearer choices. Christie draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand strong emotions and how those feelings affect relationships. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioural ideas to help with unhelpful thoughts and avoidant coping.

These approaches are used together to make sense of difficult experiences and build new ways of responding. The aim is clearer values, steadier emotion, and more reliable connection with self and others. Christie has worked with people facing addiction and co-occurring issues, and she helped launch an intensive outpatient program for substance dependence in her state.

That experience shaped her practical approach to recovery and relapse prevention. She treats each person with respect and adapts the pace to suit their needs. The focus is on listening first, then choosing tools and exercises that fit the person's life and goals.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Co-morbidity
Communication problems
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Men's issues
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Christie names

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Online support

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and work with strong feelings that shape how they relate to others. Online sessions using an EFT approach focus on noticing emotion in the moment and practising different responses to reduce patterns that cause pain.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical ways to notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match what matters most. In remote sessions ACT work often involves short exercises, values clarification and real-life experiments between meetings.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and emotional reactions. Online conversations can help identify these patterns and rehearse new ways of connecting that feel safer and more reliable.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Christie will work collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals, needs and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress is made. This means the plan can change if something isn’t working well.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls give visual cues and a richer interaction, phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or being off camera, while live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins and notes between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Christie commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, trauma and depression, plus related issues such as attachment, communication problems and family of origin concerns.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is warm, conversational and practical. Sessions emphasise listening, emotional understanding and small steps that build coping skills.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Christie has 11 years of professional experience working in Australia, including work in intensive outpatient care for substance dependence.

What credentials and location details apply?

She is listed with the Australian Counselling Association, abbreviated as ACA, and practises in Australia.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside Australia work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted; she works with people based in Australia.

What session formats are available?

Christie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How do fees and starting up work?

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