About Christine
Christine Shannon is a counsellor with nine years of professional experience in Australia and holds PACFA accreditation. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and anger. She focuses on creating a calm space where clients can speak without judgement and begin to make small, steady changes.
Her work often starts with listening. She asks about how a problem shows up day to day and what the person hopes will be different.
Background and approach
From there she uses practical tools drawn from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness to build coping skills. She also draws on client-centred and psychodynamic ideas to understand patterns and meaning behind feelings. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused while remaining flexible to each person’s needs.
Christine supports people to practice new ways of thinking and behaving between sessions. She helps set simple, realistic tasks to try at home so progress becomes measurable. People come to her for a wide range of concerns beyond anxiety and depression.
These include attachment and abandonment worries, caregiver stress, body image, obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, and difficulties with guilt or forgiveness. She tailors the approach to the issue and the individual rather than using one fixed method. Christine recognises that starting therapy takes courage and meets each person at their own pace.
She encourages open conversation about goals, boundaries and what will make sessions feel useful. Her aim is to help clients build tools they can keep using after therapy ends.
How chosen approaches work for online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being heard and understood. The counsellor follows the person’s lead and supports self-directed change, which suits worries about anxiety, self esteem and relationship patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and is useful for panic attacks, obsessive thinking and mood difficulties. Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices that reduce stress and help during moments of high emotion.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Christine will talk through your goals and preferences, try out a method and adjust as needed. The first few sessions often involve checking what feels most helpful and building a plan that fits your day-to-day life.
Online sessions make regular contact easier to arrange. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues while phone sessions can be shorter or better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, written reflections or when being on camera is not wanted. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit around work, caregiving or study commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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