Christine Wagner, LMHC

Christine Wagner is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She has twenty years of experience and helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, grief, parenting strain, and the challenges of living with health issues. She also works with people navigating LGBT and gender dysphoria concerns and those coping with compassion fatigue.

Christine spent many years working in a hospital setting and moved into outpatient behavioral health in 2019. She began offering telehealth in March 2020 and has kept using remote sessions as part of her practice. Her background also includes teaching as an adjunct professor and training in mindfulness practice through Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction instruction.

Christine uses straightforward, person-focused counseling and brings concrete ideas clients can try between sessions. She draws mainly from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and she integrates mindfulness exercises into treatment. Sessions focus on what is most useful for each person rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

She aims to meet people where they are and to work alongside them through difficult life changes. Her approach is collaborative and practical, with attention to everyday coping skills and managing symptoms that interfere with life. Christine values teaching skills that can be used long after counseling ends.

People choose her when they want a clinician who combines clinical methods with mindfulness and real-world strategies. She welcomes questions about how her methods might fit a specific concern and suggests discussing goals during the first meeting.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It often includes simple exercises to notice thoughts and try small behavior changes. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and related reactions by combining focused recall with guided bilateral stimulation; it can help when past events continue to affect daily life. Mindfulness-based methods teach attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotion regulation; these tools are useful for stress, anxiety, and chronic health challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest approaches to try. That decision is collaborative, and methods can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

The biography documents use of telehealth beginning in March 2020, but it does not list every session format used today, so confirm available formats before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Some methods translate well to remote work, and the therapist can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices, and EMDR-informed techniques to an online setting so the work stays practical and focused on everyday life.