Dr. Christa Moore

Hello, I’m happy to meet you and begin working with you as a therapist who specializes in trauma. The following information includes my professional background, the therapeutic services I provide, and the rights and responsibilities that will guide our work together. Please feel free to ask me any questions that you have.

My Education and Experience: I have an undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Criminology, a master’s degree in Sociology with a clinical emphasis, a doctoral degree in Applied Sociology with a clinical specialization, and I’m a Certified Clinical Sociologist through the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology. I completed a master’s degree in clinical social work (MSW) with a specialization in Trauma and Interpersonal Violence in 2022 and am a fully licensed clinical social worker (LCSW). I earned my previous degrees in Kentucky from Western Kentucky University and the University of Louisville. I completed my MSW through Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts. My past clinical work has focused on family preservation and child welfare through in-home crisis intervention, family reunification services, parenting education and independent living skills, supervised visitation for children residing in foster care, and custodial mediation and visitation for co-parenting separated or divorced couples. I’ve also worked for the states of Kentucky and Virginia as a child welfare analyst, consultant, and educator. Additional work has included forensic interviewing, case management support for child advocacy centers, and expert testimony in court cases involving child maltreatment and domestic violence as a Qualified Mental Health Professional in (QMHP) Virginia and Kentucky.

I’m qualified to provide individual, family, couples, and group therapy. I work primarily with adolescents and adults who have experienced one or more forms of trauma related to past child maltreatment, intimate abuse, or other forms of violent victimization. I have training and experience in working with mental health challenges stemming from domestic violence, sexual abuse and assault, generalized or specific forms of anxiety, depression, complex PTSD and grief, and other types of persistent and severe mental illness. I am also trained to use a person in their environment approach, meaning that I will involve any significant others in your treatment that you would like me to include. My primary therapeutic approaches include, but are not limited to, cognitive-behavioral therapy, family systems, dialectical behavior therapy, narrative therapy, and solution-focused approaches. Many of the coping strategies we have the option to practice incorporate mindfulness, sensory integration, distress tolerance, and neurographic exercises including music, art, and movement. We will work together to develop goals for treatment as well as which approach or approaches fit best for your needs.

During our first session, expect that I'm going to be very interested and enthusiastic about getting to know you and learning about who you are. I'll ask about the people and places that are important to you as well as any work, community, and faith experiences you're comfortable sharing. We'll talk about current issues you're facing and work together to identify a realistic starting place for continuing therapy.