Christine Wagner, LMHC

Christine Wagner is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 20 years of experience. She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, relationship concerns, compassion fatigue, and life changes. Christine also supports people dealing with chronic pain, illness and disability, gender dysphoria, sexuality questions, post-traumatic stress, young adult issues, and traumatic brain injury. She meets individuals where they are and offers practical, steady support.

Christine worked for many years in a hospital setting and moved into outpatient behavioral health in 2019. She began doing telehealth counseling in March 2020 and has kept working with people remotely since then. Her practice is built around short-term skills and longer-term coping strategies that match each person’s pace.

Her sessions draw mainly from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, with mindfulness practices woven in. Christine emphasizes simple, usable tools that can help reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. She also teaches as an adjunct professor and brings that clear, instructive style into sessions.

People can expect a collaborative, down-to-earth approach that balances concrete strategies and reflective work. Christine focuses on what matters to each person and helps them build small changes that add up over time. She invites prospective clients to begin by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a match based on availability.

Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; details vary by location and timing. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted.

How Christine Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that matter. It helps people who feel stuck by connecting daily choices to what they care about and building flexible coping skills.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and reducing self-destructive patterns. It is useful when people need practical strategies for handling overwhelming feelings and interpersonal stress.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge. It is often applied when post-traumatic stress or trauma-related symptoms interfere with daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine collaborates with each person to choose which methods to try first, and she adjusts the plan as needs and goals evolve. Clients and therapist decide together whether to emphasize skills training, mindfulness, or trauma processing.

Christine has provided telehealth counseling since March 2020, so she is experienced with online sessions. If you are considering online therapy, confirm the exact session formats offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time from a schedule. It also allows using in-session exercises, guided mindfulness practice, and skills coaching in real time to support daily life.