Christine Schmitt , LPC, LCPC

Christine Schmitt is a licensed counselor practicing in Kansas and Missouri with 11 years of professional experience supporting adults through difficult life moments. She holds LPC and LCPC credentials - LPC stands for Licensed Professional Counselor and LCPC stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - indicating state authorization to provide clinical counseling and therapeutic care.

Her work focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, address relationship concerns, process trauma and abuse, and cope with grief and loss. Christine emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate treatment, adapting conversations and treatment plans to reflect each person’s unique circumstances and goals. She partners with clients to identify practical strategies and emotional supports that fit their lives and priorities.

Recognizing that reaching out for help takes courage, Christine offers steady guidance and encouragement throughout the therapeutic process. Her approach centers on individualized care that honors each client’s experience while supporting steps toward greater well-being and clearer direction.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care

Christine Schmitt uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize practical coping skills and emotional processing. One common focus is skills-oriented work for stress and anxiety that helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns, build coping strategies, and develop routines to reduce daily distress. Another area of focus is trauma-informed work that supports safe processing of painful experiences and helps reduce emotional reactivity while restoring a sense of control. A third emphasis is on relationship and attachment-focused support that explores communication patterns, boundaries, and relational needs to improve connections with others.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christine works with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and life context, and together they decide which techniques to try and how to adapt them over time. This partnership helps ensure the therapy plan feels aligned with the client’s needs.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video call or phone, and shorter contacts are possible through live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access licensed professionals from wherever clients are located within the therapist’s practice area.