- Stress and anxiety
- Family of origin
- CBT and DBT
About Christine
Christine Williams-Kelly is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 17 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and family of origin concerns. She works with people dealing with relationship issues, grief, ADHD, and life transitions. Sessions are offered in English and focused on practical change.
Her style centers on straightforward conversation and active listening. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client’s lead and build clearer self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills help with intense emotions and improving day-to-day coping.
Christine pays attention to how early family roles and expectations still affect choices and relationships today. She talks through communication patterns, control issues, and how family dynamics shape feelings about intimacy, career, and self-worth. For people with adoption or foster care backgrounds, abandonment concerns, or blended family stresses, she brings those themes into the work.
Practical tools and mindfulness exercises are often included. She supports people who face addiction, compassion fatigue, or caregiving strain with concrete strategies for self-care and boundary setting. Therapy also covers topics like parenting stress, workplace challenges, and managing bipolar symptoms alongside other concerns.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. The practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; costs vary by location. Christine does not accept international clients.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting. The therapist follows the client’s concerns and helps people clarify feelings and priorities. This approach is helpful when someone wants to be heard and make sense of recurring family patterns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions include identifying unhelpful thinking and practicing new behaviors between meetings. CBT works well for anxiety, depression, and problem-solving around work or parenting stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions. It teaches regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that can help with anger, relationship strain, and impulsive behaviors.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to identify goals and test methods that fit their needs and preferences. That collaborative process helps decide whether more skills-based work or a listening-focused approach is best.
Confirm the exact session formats offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific online options. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Phone or video choices can help match practical needs like bandwidth, camera use, or fitting a session into a work break.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she address related to family background?
She works with adults on family of origin issues, communication problems, abandonment concerns, and how early roles affect current relationships.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a conversational, client-centered approach and mixes practical strategies from CBT and DBT to address thinking patterns and emotion regulation.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of experience as a licensed mental health counselor in Florida.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices with a Florida location listed.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and paid for?
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and costs vary with location.
What steps do I take to start therapy?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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