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Christina Bachenberg, MD, LCPC

Compassionate counselor for anxiety and life changes

12 years in practice · based in Maryland · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Christina

Christina Bachenberg is a Maryland licensed clinician with 12 years of counseling experience. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or life changes. Her approach is grounded in respect and a straightforward, compassionate style.

Christina focuses on practical, short-term goals along with deeper emotional work. She listens first and then helps shape a plan that fits each person’s situation. Sessions aim to build skills for managing panic, social anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and compulsive behaviors while also addressing shame, guilt, and body-image concerns.

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Background and approach

Her work often includes looking at how thoughts and behaviors connect, and how emotions show up in relationships and daily life. Christina uses a mix of evidence-based tools and client-centered conversation to help people notice patterns and try new responses. She also draws on motivational strategies to strengthen commitment to change.

People meet with her to sort through communication problems, control issues, impulses, isolation, and questions about life purpose. She supports those dealing with family stress or transitions, always tailoring sessions to the person’s priorities. Christina aims to make therapy an active, collaborative process so progress is practical and visible.

Her style is warm and direct. She encourages small experiments between sessions and uses clear language to track progress. Christina wants clients to leave sessions with something useful to try that week.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and adapting to each person's needs, helping people feel heard and guiding sessions at their pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence emotions and teaches concrete skills for managing anxiety, panic, and compulsions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name emotional patterns and how those feelings affect relationships and daily functioning.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christina will work with each person to combine listening, practical skill-building, and emotional work based on their goals and preferences. She helps clients try methods and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging works well for quick check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other routines while using the approaches above in a practical way.
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Questions people ask

What concerns does Christina commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, coping with life changes, and family-related stress. Additional focuses include body image, obsessions and compulsions, panic attacks, social anxiety, and loneliness.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She blends client-centered listening with practical techniques. Sessions combine conversation, skill-building, and short experiments to help people manage symptoms and try new behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
Christina has 12 years of counseling experience working with a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, and family stress.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds MD and LCPC credentials and practices in Maryland.
Which languages are offered and can international clients sign up?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a therapy relationship?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

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Experience
12 years
Licensed
Maryland
Languages
English

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