- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Christen
Christen Thompson, LMHC, uses a person-centered approach that puts each client's experience first. She speaks plainly with parents about patterns, triggers, and small steps that can improve daily life. Christen draws on nearly a decade of clinical practice to guide conversations about stress, addiction, mood, and parenting concerns.
She began working in behavioral health in 2004 and completed a master’s degree in counseling while serving as a graduate assistant. Over nine years as a licensed mental health counselor in Florida she has focused on substance use, trauma, anxiety, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
That practical background shapes how she plans sessions and sets goals with people. Her approach blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive-behavioral tools and attachment-based understanding. Sessions often include straightforward skill practice, values-based goal setting, and talking through difficult memories.
Christen aims for work that feels useful in day-to-day parenting and relationships. Counseling sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. She helps people notice patterns, try different responses, and track what works.
Parents often come for help with sleep, eating, stress, anger, or the ripple effects of grief and addiction on family life. Christen is based in Florida and offers services in English. International clients may be seen depending on scheduling.
She describes therapy as a collaborative process where small changes add up over time.
What Christen works with
Everything Christen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Christen helps people with.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, committed steps toward those values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and parenting challenges where motivation and meaning feel unclear. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and changing habits that affect daily parenting.Finding the best approach is a team effort. Christen will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels workable day to day. Together they decide whether ACT, CBT, an attachment-informed lens, or a mix of techniques will be most helpful moving forward.
Online work can be flexible and fit into busy schedules. Video calls let people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, or quick troubleshooting between sessions. These formats make it easier to maintain consistency while managing parenting demands and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Christen
What concerns does Christen address?
She works with a broad range of issues including addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, stress, parenting, grief, and relationship concerns. The list also includes bipolar disorder, ADHD, sleep and eating difficulties, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are conversational and person-centered, mixing acceptance-based ideas with cognitive and attachment-focused techniques. The style emphasizes practical skills, values clarification, and steady progress.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Christen has nine years of experience as a licensed mental health counselor working in Florida settings that included substance use treatment and individual therapy. Her background includes work with adult behavioral health concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as a Florida LMHC and provides services from Florida. Sessions are conducted in English.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, international clients are accepted and may be scheduled depending on time zones and availability.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so clients can choose the format that fits their routine and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing is determined during the matching and enrollment process.
What steps are involved to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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