About Christine
Christine Gerstenberger is a UK counsellor with five years' experience helping people manage stress, anxiety and low mood. She works in a calm, respectful way and aims to tailor support to each person's needs. Christine meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps that can be used day to day.
She uses a mix of talking and skill-building to address issues like grief, self-esteem and motivation. Sessions might include noticing unhelpful thoughts, learning new coping tools, or practicing ways to stay grounded when things feel overwhelming.
Background and approach
The aim is to give people simple strategies they can try between meetings. Christine also supports people dealing with relationship strain, career stress and life changes. She pays attention to attachment concerns and patterns that repeat in close relationships.
This helps people understand why they react a certain way and how to try different responses. For people with mood and anxiety conditions she often draws on cognitive behavioural ideas and acceptance-based work to reduce worry and unhelpful behaviours. Dialectical and client-centred approaches inform how she balances practical change with emotional understanding.
Sessions are offered in English and are arranged to fit each person's schedule. Christine describes the first steps clearly and works collaboratively to set goals. Her style is compassionate and straightforward, aimed at helping people move toward more manageable days.
How Christine's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then taking values-based action. It can help with ongoing anxiety, rumination and low motivation. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and supports practical steps to reduce worry and change unhelpful routines. This approach is often helpful for panic, phobias and obsessive patterns.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and try different methods to see what fits best. Sessions are collaborative so plans are adjusted as progress and priorities become clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and working through exercises together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat suit shorter check-ins, homework support and people who prefer writing over speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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