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About Christine
NY LMHC with 20 years of experience, Christine Wagner focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and LGBT-related concerns. She practices in New York and provides services in English. Christine uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR, and mindfulness to support people facing difficult life changes.
Christine spent many years working in a hospital setting before moving to outpatient behavioral health in 2019. She began offering telehealth in March 2020. Her work is practical and person-centered. She brings ideas and exercises that clients can try between sessions.
Her approach blends acceptance and values-based work with skills training. ACT helps clients notice what matters and take small steps toward those values. DBT contributes concrete skills for emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. EMDR is used for processing traumatic memories when appropriate.
Mindfulness practice is part of her toolkit and of her own life. She is a qualified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction instructor and integrates breath and attention practices into sessions for stress and coping. She also teaches as an adjunct professor, which she brings into clinical teaching and psychoeducation.
Sessions focus on clear goals, practical tools, and steady progress. Christine encourages collaboration about which methods fit best for each person. She asks people to try techniques and then reviews what helps and what to adjust.
For someone juggling parenting, work, or health concerns, Christine aims to offer straightforward strategies that fit day-to-day life. She works with issues including chronic pain, gender dysphoria, post-traumatic stress, sexuality, and young adult concerns, always discussing next steps in plain language.
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How her approaches are used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying personal values and taking small actions toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life changes.Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships. These skills are helpful for managing intense emotions and everyday conflicts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She reviews what works, adjusts techniques, and blends approaches when useful.
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or medical needs. It can also allow for shorter check-ins, phone-only sessions when bandwidth is limited, or video sessions when visual cues are helpful. Licensed professionals commonly use these options to help therapy fit into everyday life without requiring long travel.
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Areas of expertise
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship issues, parenting strain, LGBT-related concerns, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include chronic pain and illness, gender dysphoria, post-traumatic stress, sexuality, traumatic brain injury, women's issues, and young adult issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and client-centered. She mixes acceptance-based work, skills training, trauma processing, and mindfulness to give concrete tools people can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience, including many years in hospital settings and outpatient behavioral health work since 2019.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a New York LMHC and practices in New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and paid?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact rates and billing are provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.