About Christine
Christine Topping is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Iowa with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, grief, and addictions. Christine uses straightforward language and a warm, nonjudgmental approach to make starting therapy less intimidating.
Her background includes work with a wide range of concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood issues, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related difficulties.
How Christine works
She also brings experience addressing adoption and foster care questions, attachment concerns, blended family dynamics, and caregiver stress. That range helps her tailor sessions to each person’s situation. Christine draws on several practical methods in her sessions.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice values and take meaningful action. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered for managing intense emotions and improving coping. Solution-Focused and Narrative approaches help clients clarify goals and reframe unhelpful stories.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, so people can choose a format that fits their schedule. Christine works in English and holds an Iowa LMFT credential. She does not accept international clients.
To begin, clients follow a simple onboarding process including a short matching questionnaire and scheduling. Christine aims to be supportive while also challenging people to make the changes they want.
Christine lists 5 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy and coping skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small, values-based steps forward even when feelings are hard. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills to manage intense mood swings, anger, or impulsivity. Those skills are helpful for navigating relationships and strong reactions. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on clear, short-term goals and practical changes, which suits people wanting focused progress.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked in the past. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan as needed so the work fits the person’s life.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text work well for brief check-ins, ongoing skill practice, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep consistent progress.
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