About Connie
Connie Champion is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on practical, goal-oriented therapy. She draws on two decades of experience to help people find steps forward when life feels overwhelming. Connie speaks plain language and works with clients to set clear, reachable goals they can use between sessions.
Connie uses solution-focused methods alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas. She helps people identify strengths, build coping tools, and make concrete plans.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize small, manageable changes rather than long lists of problems. Her work covers stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, addictions, and trauma and abuse. She also addresses concerns like self-esteem, grief, sleep and eating issues, parenting strain, career questions, and ADHD.
Connie pays attention to communication problems, codependency, guilt and shame, and issues related to isolation and life purpose. With 24 years of experience in Wisconsin settings, Connie combines practical skills with an understanding of community programs and substance use work. She uses motivational interviewing and mindfulness practices to keep clients engaged and moving toward their goals.
Her sessions are structured but collaborative, letting each person guide the priorities. People who want a focused plan and tools they can use day to day will find her approach straightforward. She encourages steady progress and adjusts plans as needs change.
The aim is useful change that fits each person's life and values.
How specific approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the client. It helps people feel heard and clarifies their goals so change can start with their own priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online sessions use practical exercises and homework to change unhelpful thinking and improve daily functioning, which can help with anxiety, depression, and mood concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. In remote sessions, skills training and short practice assignments help with impulsivity, emotion regulation, and stress management.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and life situation. Plans are reviewed and adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent with a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English