About Christen
Christen Thompson, LMHC, uses humanistic and practical approaches to help people manage anxiety, addictions, and life stressors. She draws on nine years of professional counseling experience in Florida and focuses on clear, down-to-earth support. Christen speaks English and accepts international clients for online work.
Her work began after personal recovery from substance use, which shaped a direct and empathetic style. She has long experience in addiction care and helped develop a clinical curriculum for first responders.
Background and approach
That background informs how she structures treatment and supports people through recovery and relapse prevention. Christen blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and client-centered methods. She aims to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, build coping skills, and act in ways that match personal values.
Sessions are practical and goal-focused, with room to process emotions and personal history. People talk with her about anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and issues like ADHD, bipolar, or grief. She also addresses concerns about body image, eating, sleep, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to chronic illness.
Christen writes treatment plans that fit each person's life and priorities. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Scheduling is arranged after completing a short matching questionnaire and selecting a session time.
Fees vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, addiction patterns, and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical exercises to reduce distress and change behavior. It often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and coping skills. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and collaboration so people feel understood and can explore what matters to them.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust over time. That means sessions can include skill practice, values work, or open conversation depending on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to get consistent care while balancing work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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