Christine Toler, LPC

Christine Toler is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress, grief, parenting strain, and relationship concerns. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life easier. Christine draws on ten years of professional practice and her own long experience as a therapy client to guide people through change.

She combines cognitive approaches with mindfulness and trauma-focused ideas to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. Sessions emphasize clear goals and small, doable actions rather than only talking about problems. Christine describes her style as solution-focused and nonjudgmental, and she shares that ongoing personal growth informs her work.

Her background includes work as a school counselor and a Professional Counselor license in Tennessee and New Jersey. Christine has worked with teens, adults, and people managing family and parenting stresses. That mix gives her practical insight into life transitions and relationship strains that come up in everyday routines.

In a typical meeting she helps people identify one or two changes to try between sessions. She uses exercises from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to reduce worry and improve coping. For trauma-related concerns she adapts trauma-focused methods to focus on safety and gradual steps.

People who prefer straightforward guidance and a down-to-earth approach may find her way of working helpful. If thoughts and everyday habits feel stuck, Christine aims to make goals feel reachable and to support steady progress.

How her approaches translate to online work

Christine uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change thought patterns that keep problems going. CBT breaks worries into thoughts, feelings, and actions so clients can try different behaviors and notice what changes.

She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple breathing and attention practices. These skills help reduce rumination and make it easier to respond rather than react to stress. For people who have experienced trauma, she uses trauma-focused methods that emphasize safety, pacing, and gradual steps toward feeling more in control.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christine will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which combination of CBT, mindfulness, or trauma-focused work feels most useful and adjust the plan over time.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking so you know how meetings are arranged. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by avoiding travel and allowing shorter check-ins during a workday. Therapists can also use worksheets, guided mindfulness exercises, and homework between sessions to keep progress moving.