About Christine
Christine Stelzer welcomes adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or life transitions. She introduces a calm, respectful way of talking through problems so people can take small steps toward feeling more stable. Christine is an LPC with 26 years of experience and she emphasizes a caring, person-centered approach.
She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help spot and change unhelpful thinking. Christine also draws on mindfulness practices to help people stay grounded when feelings feel big.
How Christine works
Sessions mix listening, gentle challenge, and concrete skills you can try between meetings. Christine helps people address common life concerns such as work stress, self-esteem, sleep troubles, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports those dealing with grief, compassion fatigue, parenting stress, and the strain of caregiving.
Her focus includes LGBT issues, multicultural concerns, and workplace difficulties. Sessions are shaped around each person’s goals. Christine meets people where they are and adjusts pace and strategies to fit individual needs.
She aims to make sessions straightforward and useful so people leave with at least one clear step to try. People who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth style will likely feel comfortable with Christine. She encourages practical problem solving alongside self-compassion.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she acknowledges that courage while offering steady support.
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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
How Christine Uses Talk, Thought Work, and Mindfulness Online
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person first by focusing on where they are now. The therapist listens without judgment and helps the person lead the conversation so goals and pacing come from the client. This approach helps people who need a warm, accepting space to sort through difficult feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. Christine uses simple exercises to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with real-life experiments. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and work-related stress.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches gentle attention to the present moment. Short practices help reduce overwhelm and improve focus during stressful times. Mindfulness supports emotion regulation and pairs well with both person-centered listening and CBT skills.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Christine will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily demands. She adjusts plans over time so techniques feel useful and doable.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video meetings suit deeper conversations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and text messaging lets people share brief updates between sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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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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