Christine Busch, LPC - Therapist in Missouri

About Christine

Christine Busch is a licensed professional counselor who brings more than three decades of experience to her work. She practices in Missouri and draws on a broad background helping people with stress, depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns. Christine emphasizes a straightforward, respectful style and treats each person as the expert on their life.

Her sessions are interactive and practical. She listens first, then helps people name what is most troubling.

Background and approach

She often uses exercises people can try between meetings to build new habits and test small changes. Christine uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. She also uses Client-Centered ideas that focus on understanding each person’s perspective.

When trauma is part of the story she draws on trauma-focused approaches to address painful memories safely. She pays attention to real-world needs, including finding community supports and discussing practical options. Christine works from a strengths-based view and helps people notice the resources they already have.

Parents and people seeking help with family and parenting topics will find a plainspoken, solution-minded partner in sessions. The goal is steady progress through clear steps, not quick fixes.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the client’s perspective and creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people feel heard. It helps with building confidence and finding personal solutions rather than imposing ideas. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and uses short exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses difficult memories and their effects on daily life through carefully paced work that reduces the power of traumatic experiences.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christine will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, follow up quickly between meetings, and continue care when in-person visits are difficult. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same core therapeutic work while adapting exercises and homework for a remote setting.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Christine address?

She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting, ADHD, and related topics.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is interactive and strengths-based. She listens, helps people name key problems, and uses practical steps to test changes between sessions.

How long has she been practicing?

Christine has 32 years of clinical experience working with diverse mental health and life concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Missouri under MO LPC 2013039053.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does billing or cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Relationship issues

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Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 32 years
Licensed: Missouri
Languages: English

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