About Christine
Christine Penwell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee. She focuses on concerns like anxiety, stress, relationships, parenting, trauma and abuse, and phobias. Christine aims to make the first step feel manageable and straightforward for people reaching out for help.
She favors a respectful, person-centered style. Sessions start with listening and empathy. Christine follows the client’s lead while offering questions and reflections to help people see patterns and options.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive-behavioral techniques. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing to build coping skills and manage strong emotions. These methods are adapted to each person’s goals and situation.
Christine has seven years of clinical experience and has worked in multiple states. That background informs a practical focus on everyday changes - coping strategies, communication skills, and steps to reduce overwhelming feelings. She helps people break large problems into smaller, doable steps.
In sessions she emphasizes clear goals and simple tools. Parents who feel stuck with behavior or family stress can expect concrete strategies alongside supportive conversations. People dealing with trauma, attachment wounds, or life transitions will find a steady, collaborative approach.
Attachment and Skill-Based Approaches for Online Care
Christine often uses attachment-based work and cognitive-behavioral therapy in her practice. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape reactions and helps people build safer, more reliable ways of connecting. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, phobias, and stress.She also incorporates dialectical behavior therapy ideas when emotions feel overwhelming, teaching specific skills for distress tolerance and emotional regulation. Choosing the right approach is a team effort - the therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps the client most.
Online sessions can happen by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer flexible, ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, school, or family responsibilities and let clients use the format that fits their routine.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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