My name is Christie Eberhardt, a counselor with 17 years experience in the field. Adults and young people, couples and families come for help with relational brokenness found in themselves, with others, even with God.

Before I share a tiny bit of biographical data, I need to talk about worldviews a little. The social sciences often profess to be values neutral, but the truth is every person brings a very complex template of experiences, ideas, and ideals into each relationship. This is especially true in counseling. Because a therapist does not disclose his personal value system does not mean he doesn’t possess one.

I would never want to impose my beliefs upon you; I want above all to meet you where you are and help you find your way forward. My heart is to honor and respect you and to learn from you as we seek healing together. Likewise, my personal thoughts and perspectives are shared only rarely if deemed necessary by your questions or by the perception that a brief statement concerning my own life may be helpful to you.

Psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and theology are all disciplines with much to offer to the field of counseling. Every therapist brings his training and ongoing research as well as his past clinical insights into the present counseling relationship, and together these coalesce in a crucial way to form the complex individual treatments we employ in our work.

I believe you are entitled to know in a very general sense my worldview. I am a generic Christian and a lover of all the many forms and styles of Christ-based worship. Those who come for help to me cross all persuasions of belief, including many who have no particular religious bent or training, and some who do not profess a belief in God at all. I am privileged to try and connect with them at their place of contact. It’s not my job to change their beliefs, only to bring whatever healing I can to their pain and brokenness.

With that said, here is some brief professional data:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Anthropology; Master’s in Clinical Christian Counseling; PhD in Christian Psychology.

Credentialing: Advanced Certification license with the National Christian Counselors Association; Board Certified Pastoral Counselor with the International Board of Christian Counselors.

Writing: The Heartmender’s Manual (2001), a Christian inner healing book; and from the far distant past: a pretentious play plus some poems and journals

Personal snapshot: a very early baby-boomer, married with six grown children and four grandchildren; Alaska resident since February 1974.

Question: How can we be so connected by the Internet, text messages, the ubiquitous cell-in-the-ear, and media media everywhere, yet be so disconnected from the personal touch of emotional intimacy? How did it happen that we all seem at opposite ends of the field from one another?

Connection gets broken–with family and friends, with self, with God. How to heal? We work on that together.

It’s always different, sometimes painful, and often intense.

The boat is set free from its moorings, then you set its course, heading out with all the navigational aids we could find.

In the Mix Together

Sessions are one hour long, scheduled 1:00-8:00 pm on Monday-Friday.
Offices are in Anchorage and Eagle River. Many insurances accepted. Limited number of special rates available for non-insured.