Christine Busch , LPC

Christine Busch is a licensed therapist in Missouri who brings more than 30 years of experience supporting people through depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, and more severe mental health concerns. She practices from a strengths-based, interactive stance that honors each person's knowledge about their own life and encourages practical exploration to uncover workable solutions.

As a LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - she combines talk-based support with targeted techniques when helpful. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and may offer brief exercises or homework to extend progress between sessions. Christine also helps clients identify and connect with community supports when additional resources can bolster recovery and coping.

Her work emphasizes collaboration and respect for the client as the expert on their needs, while she offers structure, tools, and gentle challenge to facilitate change. Whether addressing mood disorders, stress and anxiety, relationship or family issues, trauma, grief, or difficulties with coping and life transitions, Christine aims to make therapy practical, accessible, and focused on the strengths that can move a person forward.

Approach-Focused Online Therapy with Practical Techniques

Christine Busch draws from client-centered therapy to create a collaborative, respectful space where the client’s goals and values guide the work. This approach emphasizes empathy, active listening, and supporting the client’s own problem-solving strengths, which is helpful for relationship concerns, life transitions, and building confidence.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a structured method that helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replace them with more effective skills. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and for practical strategies to cope with daily challenges.

Solution-focused techniques are employed to set clear, attainable goals and to build on what is already working in a person’s life. This brief, goal-oriented stance can be useful for clients seeking tangible change in a shorter timeframe.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Christine collaborates with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling and lets people engage from different settings. These options can make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support between appointments, and choose the communication style that fits a client’s life and comfort level, while working with licensed professionals and therapists who guide the process.