Christine Abrams
LPC
Experienced counselor who focuses on practical change
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- Client-centered care
- Mindfulness tools
- Goal focused
About Christine
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions begin with listening to your concerns and setting clear priorities together. She draws from client-centered work and family systems thinking, so conversations consider your relationships and daily environment as part of the healing process.
Christine also uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness tools to give concrete ways to manage thoughts, moods, and behaviors. She may offer short exercises, reading suggestions, apps, or creative tasks like writing or art to support progress between meetings. These tools are chosen to match each person’s interests and goals.
Across her career Christine has worked in community mental health centers, agencies, and colleges, and has supervised counselors pursuing licensure. That background informs a steady, experienced style that pays attention to strengths and practical solutions. She pays special attention to attachment, abandonment, family of origin issues, and challenges like ADHD, chronic illness, or isolation.
People who work with Christine can expect a paced, active process that focuses on clear goals and usable strategies. She is committed to helping clients build skills, reduce overwhelm, and move toward meaningful change.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
35+ years
Credentials
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
How Christine’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Christine uses client-centered therapy to build a working relationship that starts with listening closely to what matters most to you. This approach focuses on understanding your perspective and shaping sessions around your priorities and strengths.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which offers clear techniques to change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT tools can help with anxiety, anger, low mood, and problems with impulsivity by teaching concrete skills to practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christine will discuss goals and preferences and adjust methods as you learn what helps. That collaborative process means methods may shift over time to match changing needs and what produces progress.
The biography does not list specific online formats for sessions, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, online therapy can make scheduling easier and reduce travel time. It can also fit brief check-ins into a busy day, allow quieter sessions when needed, and let people use mindfulness or homework tools in their usual environment. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, reading suggestions, apps, and creative activities to remote sessions, supporting steady progress without requiring extra trips to appointments.
At a glance
- Listed location
- Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 35+ years
- Credentials
- LPC
- Languages
- English
- License (Pennsylvania)
- LPC · No. PC000277
- NPI
- 1720151699
As listed by the therapist. You can check a license with the state board and an NPI with the national registry.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Christine address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, parenting and relationship concerns, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her work is collaborative and active. She listens, sets priorities with you, and uses practical strategies tailored to your goals.
How much experience does Christine have?
She has 35 years of experience working in community mental health centers, agencies, and colleges and has supervised counselors pursuing licensure.
What credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are offered and can international clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are used?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before scheduling.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
Before you start
- Online talk therapy is not a court-ordered or mandated anger-management course, and it does not provide attendance certificates.
- Check that the location and license details above fit where you live.
- If anyone is at risk of being harmed, contact emergency services or a domestic-abuse helpline first. See the support lines for the US, UK and Australia.