About Christine
Christine McKenna helps people facing addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and big life changes. She focuses on practical steps to manage cravings, process loss, and build confidence. Christine’s tone is supportive and straightforward.
She invites people to try small changes that add up over time. She approaches therapy with an emphasis on each person’s strengths. Christine believes clients are the experts on their own stories and she offers guidance to help them meet their goals.
How Christine works
Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit what the person needs right now. Her work includes support for those affected by natural or human-caused disasters, domestic violence, and hospice or end-of-life concerns. She also brings experience addressing drug and alcohol addiction and issues facing veterans and first responders.
These are handled with attention to safety and practical coping skills. Christine uses tools from several evidence-based methods to help people change unhelpful patterns and manage difficult memories. She blends practical exercises with space to talk through pain and uncertainty.
The goal is to find approaches that feel useful in daily life. Licensed as an LCSW in New Hampshire, she draws on four years of professional experience. Christine aims to make therapy understandable and doable for someone juggling work, family, or recovery.
She supports steady progress and realistic steps toward a more manageable life.
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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.
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Hampshire |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice uncomfortable thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small committed actions that move a person toward a more meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors together and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage cravings, and change unhelpful patterns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a method used to process difficult memories and reduce their emotional intensity through guided bilateral stimulation and focused recall.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine will collaborate with each person to choose or blend methods that match their goals and preferences. She adjusts pacing and techniques over time so therapy stays useful and realistic for day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is helpful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets someone message between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, recovery schedules, or caregiving routines.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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