Christen Thompson

Christen Thompson, LMHC, brings a practical, human-centered approach to therapy. She emphasizes awareness in the present moment. Christen draws on her own recovery experience and years in clinical settings to help people make changes that matter in daily life.

She focuses on addiction, trauma, mood concerns, anxiety, and stress. Christen also helps with self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and parenting strain. Her background includes work in substance use treatment and program development for first responders in Florida.

Christen uses a mix of approaches to meet people where they are. She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed work, client-centered listening, cognitive tools from CBT, and strategies from Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Sessions tend to emphasize practical steps, clearer values, and improved coping skills.

Her path into counseling began after long-term recovery from substance use, and she started in behavioral health as a technician before completing a master’s degree in counseling. Christen has nine years of formal experience as a clinician and holds a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential.

People who work with Christen can expect straightforward conversation, help sorting out what matters, and clear behavioral strategies to try between sessions. Her style centers on collaboration and steady progress rather than quick fixes, with attention to how past patterns affect current choices.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters and take small steps toward those values. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes by teaching willingness to feel difficult thoughts while acting on chosen goals. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns shape relationships and trust. It helps people understand recurring relationship struggles and build more secure ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy centers on respectful listening and empathy, giving people space to set the pace and topics for change.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your needs, goals, and preferences, then try strategies from these approaches to see what fits. That means sessions can shift over time as priorities and progress change.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer options for people living in different places. Licensed professionals often adapt ACT, attachment work, and client-centered methods to an online setting so practical skills and relationship insights carry over into everyday routines.