About Christine
Christine Ryan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with four decades of experience in mental health and coaching. She practices from Texas and brings a steady, practical approach to common life struggles. Christine speaks plainly and focuses on what a person needs now.
She aims to help people take the next step when they feel stuck. She began her career in psychiatric hospital social work and mental health centers, and earned a master’s degree from Arizona State University.
How Christine works
Over the years she has helped people manage anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and transitions like separation and divorce. She also draws on personal experience with serious illness when supporting others facing health challenges. Christine combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral and solution-focused tools.
Sessions are geared toward identifying what’s happening now, how it affects daily life, and practical steps to move forward. Many conversations focus on improving communication, coping with stress, and regaining a sense of direction. Her style is collaborative and results-oriented.
She balances thoughtful listening with concrete suggestions and short-term goals. People who prefer clear, structured work with a supportive guide often find this approach helpful. Christine offers online care using phone, video, live chat, or text messaging.
She works in English and practices from Texas. To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on the available options. Her long experience makes her comfortable with a wide range of issues, from parenting and family trouble to career questions, caregiver stress, and life purpose concerns.
Christine lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Christine’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes being heard and understood first. The therapist listens carefully, reflects what matters to the person, and helps shape goals that feel right for them. This approach is helpful when someone needs support, validation, and space to clarify their priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It uses simple exercises and practical techniques to change unhelpful thinking and reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. CBT is useful for stress, worry, and repetitive negative patterns.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, doable changes that lead toward a preferred future. Sessions often identify immediate steps and measurable goals so progress is clear and motivating. This method suits people who want short-term, goal-driven work.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, needs, and preferences and will suggest methods that fit. Plans can be adjusted over time as progress and priorities change.
Online therapy with video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility. Video is good for face-to-face interaction, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for quicker check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing processing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain continuity across changes in schedule or location.
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