Therapist profile
Christine Toler, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and Parenting
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- CBT methods
- Mindfulness practice
- Trauma-focused work
About Christine
Christine Toler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with licenses in Tennessee and New Jersey and about 10 years of practice as an LPC. She focuses on stress, anxiety, family and parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship strain, grief, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
Christine began connecting with counseling as a child and later completed an Education Specialist (Ed.S) and earned LPC-MHSP credentials in Tennessee and New Jersey. She also has experience as a school counselor dating back to 2006, which informs how she talks with teens and adults about day-to-day struggles.
Her approach centers on practical, solution-focused work and cognitive methods. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. Trauma-focused work is used when past events keep showing up in current life.
Sessions are direct and grounded. She explains what to practice between meetings and looks for small actions that change how problems feel. Christine is open about having been a therapy client herself and uses that perspective when she talks with people about progress and setbacks.
She helps people sort family conflict and parenting stress into manageable steps. Communication problems, attachment concerns, divorce and separation issues, and the complications of young adulthood are part of her caseload. Her work also addresses compulsive thoughts or behaviors, panic, impulsivity, and personality-related struggles.
People who want a counselor who focuses on clear steps and practical coping may find this approach fits. Sessions are conducted in English and follow the LPC practice standards she holds in New Jersey.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Christine uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thought patterns and try small changes in thinking and behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and many everyday problems because it breaks issues into practical steps.She also blends Mindfulness Therapy to teach short practices for managing stress and reactivity. Mindfulness helps people slow down strong emotions and respond more intentionally rather than reacting automatically.
For those affected by past trauma, she uses trauma-focused methods that look at how past events shape present reactions and then build new coping tools. That work aims to reduce intrusive memories and lessen the ways trauma interferes with current relationships and parenting.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest which methods to prioritize. Clients and the therapist adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Confirm the session formats before booking since the biography does not specify them. Online options can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can use video or phone in ways that match a client's comfort and schedule, and Christine will work with each person to choose what fits their everyday life.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Tennessee, New Jersey, Delaware
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, family conflict, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, bipolar challenges, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is solution-focused and cognitive. She uses practical steps, homework, and mindfulness techniques to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2010 and brings about 10 years of LPC practice experience, plus earlier experience as a school counselor from 2006.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC with licenses in Tennessee and New Jersey and practices from New Jersey.
Can she work with people who do not speak English?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she see international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm the current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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