James J. Crist

I am the Clinical Director of the Child and Family Counseling Center (CFCC) in Woodbridge, Virginia. For more information on CFCC, click here. I work with clients of all ages in individual and family therapy. I also conduct psychological testing, which involves administering intelligence and personality tests to clarify a person's diagnosis and make recommendations for treatment. As a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, I also work with addictive disorders in teenagers and adults. I am the author of several self-help books for children. I believe that helping kids understand the problems that they face and teaching them skills to deal with their problems can make their lives much better. I was an adjunct faculty member at Argosy University from 2003 to 2012 teaching graduate level classes in child and adolescent psychotherapy. I give numerous workshops each year, mostly to parent groups, on various topics. These include Effective Discipline Strategies, Sibling Relationships, Anxiety, and Social Skills. For more information, check out my website at http://jamesjcrist.com. You can learn more about my practice and access a number of blog posts I have written for Free Spirit Publishing. You can also listen to podcasts of some of the talks I have given.