Christine O'Neill

Christine O'Neill is a licensed counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship pain, low self-esteem, and trauma. She brings 18 years of experience and a practical, down-to-earth approach aimed at small, steady changes that add up. Christine writes plainly, uses humor when appropriate, and keeps sessions focused on goals that matter to each person.

Her style leans toward coaching. Clients often get short tasks to try between meetings to practice new ways of coping. Christine favors clear, interactive work rather than long clinical lectures. She aims to help people make real-life changes they can notice week to week.

Christine draws on client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person’s needs. She uses cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thinking and DBT skills when emotional regulation is needed. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is weighing change or facing ambivalence.

She has particular experience with mood disorders, addictions, grief, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, and life transitions like divorce. Christine also helps with issues such as ADHD, intimacy concerns, body image, caregiver stress, and coping with chronic illness. Her background includes many settings and varied populations over nearly two decades.

Sessions are practical and interactive, often involving homework and check-ins. Christine works from Colorado and speaks English. People who prefer a straightforward, collaborative style may find her approach a good fit. If you want to explore options, consider the initial matching step to connect and schedule.

How these approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following each person’s priorities. Online conversations can mirror that by giving space to what matters most and shaping goals together. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thought patterns and practice specific exercises; that work translates well to messaging and live sessions where worksheets and step-by-step plans can be shared.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they decide whether to emphasize CBT skills, DBT strategies for emotion regulation, or a more client-led coaching style, and they adjust the plan as progress is made.

The practical benefits of online work include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week, shorter check-ins between in-person appointments, and the ability to use messaging when someone wants more time to think through responses. Because the therapist has noted a preference for messaging and live messaging therapy, confirm the exact session formats available before booking to make sure they meet your needs.