About Christine
Christine Busch is a licensed professional counselor with over 32 years of experience in Missouri. She focuses on practical, straightforward help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addictions, trauma, grief, and related concerns. Christine uses a collaborative, interactive style and centers the conversation on each person’s strengths and priorities.
She encourages people to talk things through to clarify what matters most. Christine often helps clients locate community supports and resources when those connections can ease day-to-day strain.
How Christine works
At times she suggests simple exercises or tasks to try between meetings to test new ways of coping. Her work blends goal-focused strategies with a respect for each person’s perspective. Christine draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and try small behavioral shifts.
She also uses client-centered methods that make space for people to tell their story and feel heard. When trauma or painful life events are part of the picture, she integrates approaches that attend to those experiences while keeping sessions grounded and manageable. Christine also offers solution-focused ideas when people want short-term goals and clear next steps.
Her style is practical, down-to-earth, and paced to the client’s needs. People contact her for a wide range of issues beyond mood and anxiety, such as parenting strain, intimacy concerns, career stress, caregiver burnout, ADHD challenges, and midlife transitions. Christine aims to help each person leave sessions with one or two doable moves to try before the next meeting.
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What Christine works with
The areas below are the ones Christine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 32 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
How Christine’s Approaches Work Online
Christine uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy in ways that translate well to online care. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes; it often includes short exercises or homework to practice between sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience, offering a space for reflection and exploration rather than direct instruction.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christine will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to address. Together they decide whether to emphasize CBT techniques, client-centered listening, or other methods like solution-focused or trauma-informed strategies based on what seems most useful.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and messaging lets someone share thoughts between meetings. These formats make regular contact easier for people juggling work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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