Christine Ridley, MSW, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
​Certified ADHD Clinical Services Provider

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As a Certified ADHD Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP), Christine specializes in evidence-based assessment and treatment for ADHD while also supporting clients with anxiety, depression, and trauma. She provides targeted interventions for executive functioning challenges, emotional regulation, and time management difficulties.
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Christine builds trusting relationships with each client, understanding that ADHD impacts everyone differently. Her approach combines ADHD-specific strategies with Emotion Focused Therapy, Solutions Focused Therapy, ACT, and DBT. Christine integrates mindfulness techniques into sessions, providing powerful tools for ADHD management and present-moment awareness.
Christine supports you in understanding your brain, developing personalized coping strategies, and building on your strengths to create sustainable growth.

Supporting you in your journey towards healing and growth, always with the understanding that your unique experiences are central to the therapeutic process, is essential in Christine's practice.
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Qualifications
Christine is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker approved by the North Carolina State Social Work board. In 2014, Christine received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY. Christine also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from State University of New York at Fredonia. Christine holds a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Certification.
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Background
During her Master’s Program, Christine worked with Action for a Better Community, a non for profit organization in the New Directions program to help provide treatment for those struggling with addiction to alcohol and substances. During this internship, Christine helped to provide counseling services that were inclusive, but not limited to, group and individual treatment sessions, recovery management and relapse prevention. Following her Master’s Program, Christine began working at a non-for-profit organization, Villa of Hope as a Preventive Social Worker working with youth ages 15-21 who were transitioning out of the foster care system to independent living. Christine enjoyed working with this population and found it very rewarding to watch youth come out of adverse childhood experiences to thrive as young adults. Christine now is enjoying more micro level work, working as a therapist supporting individuals one on one, providing a safe, therapeutic environment for each individual to share their story.
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Specialization
​As a Certified ADHD Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP) and trauma informed therapist, Christine enjoys working with those who have been impacted by adversities and attention/executive functioning challenges. Christine helps individuals heal and begin to find a sense of wholeness and balance again, whether navigating ADHD symptoms or processing traumatic experiences. In her work, Christine has admired the courage and bravery of her clients who have shared their lived experiences with her and has found that out of adversity, many clients have found inner strength, perseverance, and a deeper understanding of life. Her ADHD-specific training allows her to provide targeted support for executive functioning difficulties, emotional regulation, and time management challenges that often accompany ADHD.
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Personal Life
Christine lives with her husband in Winston-Salem, NC. In her free time, she enjoys wandering around botanical gardens, enjoying a strong cup of coffee, hiking in the mountains, traveling, perusing books in a local bookstore, writing poetry and building connections in the community volunteering. Christine has curiosity in exploring the meaning of life through spirituality in all forms, such as through meditation, and musing over philosophical quandaries like, “Is happiness just chemicals flowing through your brain or is it something more?” or “What do dogs dream about?” Let’s get deep!