- Addiction recovery perspective
- Values-based work
- Practical coping skills
About Christen
Christen Thompson is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who brings lived experience to her therapeutic work. She draws on nearly a decade as a clinician and many more years of personal recovery while helping people face addiction, trauma, mood concerns, and stress.
She uses practical, down-to-earth methods so clients can notice change in daily life. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual now - reducing distress, improving coping, and finding more satisfying ways to relate to self and others. Christen emphasizes building awareness and values-driven action rather than labels or lengthy theory talks.
Her background includes long experience in addiction care, program development for first responders, and roles as a primary therapist in several South Florida facilities. That work gave experience with clinical leadership, curriculum design, and one-on-one treatment for people with co-occurring concerns like mood disorders and trauma.
Christen draws on several therapeutic approaches to fit a person’s needs, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, client-centered strategies, cognitive behavioral tools, and dialectical skills. She partners with people who want help with substance use, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, body image, chronic illness, or stress from caregiving.
Clients can expect a collaborative, honest style that values personal meaning and sustainable change. Christen helps people connect their everyday choices to their larger goals and supports practical steps toward recovery and improved wellbeing.
She uses practical, down-to-earth methods so clients can notice change in daily life. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual now - reducing distress, improving coping, and finding more satisfying ways to relate to self and others. Christen emphasizes building awareness and values-driven action rather than labels or lengthy theory talks.
Her background includes long experience in addiction care, program development for first responders, and roles as a primary therapist in several South Florida facilities. That work gave experience with clinical leadership, curriculum design, and one-on-one treatment for people with co-occurring concerns like mood disorders and trauma.
Christen draws on several therapeutic approaches to fit a person’s needs, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, client-centered strategies, cognitive behavioral tools, and dialectical skills. She partners with people who want help with substance use, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, body image, chronic illness, or stress from caregiving.
Clients can expect a collaborative, honest style that values personal meaning and sustainable change. Christen helps people connect their everyday choices to their larger goals and supports practical steps toward recovery and improved wellbeing.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
9+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
How specific approaches guide online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that reflect what matters most. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with chronic illness. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early connections shape current reactions, which can help with intimacy issues, grief, and some trauma responses.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. That conversation guides whether ACT, CBT, attachment work, dialectical skills, or a mix is used, and the plan is adjusted as progress is made.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and keeping contact with a licensed professional across distances. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to check in during a lunch break, use tools and worksheets together on screen, or choose shorter check-ins when schedules are tight.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Christen address?
She works with people facing addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy challenges, and stress related to caregiving or chronic illness.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative, down-to-earth style that focuses on awareness, values, and practical skills rather than long theoretical explanations.
What is Christen's clinical background?
She has nine years of clinical experience and a longer personal recovery history, plus work developing programs and treating people in South Florida treatment settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LMHC credential and practices from Florida.
In which language can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She accepts international clients, so people outside the U.S. may inquire about working together.
How are fees and payment described?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.