About Christine
Christine Busch is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Missouri. She brings 32 years of experience to sessions and works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, and relationship concerns. Christine focuses on practical help and clear conversation to move people forward.
Her style is interactive and strength-based. She treats the person in front of her as the expert on their life and centers their goals. Sessions often include talk, problem solving, and mutually agreed next steps that can be tried between meetings.
Background and approach
Christine commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns and test new behaviors. She also draws on client-centered and solution-focused ideas to keep work grounded and achievable. Trauma-focused approaches are used when past events are part of the presenting problem.
She helps people handle a wide range of life stressors, including parenting strain, career shifts, midlife transitions, caregiver fatigue, and issues around intimacy or self-esteem. Christine also assists those dealing with attachment questions, blended family dynamics, and family-of-origin concerns. Practical supports are part of her work.
She helps people find community resources and plans concrete steps for coping between sessions. Her goal is to help clients build skills and clearer choices they can use after therapy ends.
How approach and online options work together
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. It prioritizes empathy, respect, and the client’s own goals to guide sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and then tests small behavioral changes to see what helps. These methods are commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress, and problem-solving around daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose which methods to try first based on needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted as progress is tracked so the client stays involved in deciding what helps most.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let conversations proceed much like in-person work while allowing people to join from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera feels difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions, share brief updates, and get short problem-solving exchanges when a full session is not needed.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English