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Christina Burden

Christina Burden, LPC

Texas

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Licensed counselor - relationships and life changes

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Grief and loss
  • Blended family issues

About Christina

Christina Burden is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 20 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Christina helps people sort through practical problems and emotional overload so they can make clearer decisions about their next steps.

She works with adults facing shifts in family life, including blended family issues, and other major transitions. Sessions focus on improving communication, managing mood, and reducing overwhelm. Christina uses straightforward techniques to help people build coping skills and handle daily pressures.

Her background includes long-term clinical practice across common emotional challenges such as social anxiety, workplace stress, and grief. She draws on evidence-based methods to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and reshape routines that get in the way of feeling better. Sessions often include skills practice and concrete behavior changes.

Christina emphasizes practical tools for managing emotions and relationships. She helps clients practice clearer communication and boundary setting, and she offers ways to organize small step changes that add up over time. The focus is on what can be done between sessions to make life more manageable.

People who want direct feedback and homework-like exercises may find her approach useful. She sees adults in Texas and conducts sessions in English. Before booking, confirm current session formats to match your needs and schedule.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Christina uses evidence-based techniques to help people change patterns that cause distress. Cognitive methods focus on identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and beliefs. This approach helps when anxiety, low mood, or negative self-talk make daily life harder.

Narrative-style work looks at the stories people tell about themselves and their relationships. Changing those stories can reduce shame, shift perspective on relationship roles, and help with blended family issues and identity concerns.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Christina will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. Together they set clear objectives and try techniques in session, then adjust based on what helps.

Confirm the specific session formats before booking because the profile does not list them. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example it can save commute time, allow shorter check-ins during a break, or reduce the need to arrange childcare. Ask during the matching step which formats are currently offered so you can pick what fits your schedule and needs.

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

20+ years

Listed in

Texas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include blended family issues and communication problems.

What is her general approach in sessions?

She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques with practical skills and straightforward feedback. Sessions often include exercises to change thinking patterns and small behavior steps to try between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

Christina has 20 years of clinical experience working with adults on mood, stress, and relationship concerns. That experience includes addressing workplace stress and social anxiety.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. The LPC credential appears as shown on her profile.

Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats. The site matching process will clarify how sessions are delivered.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Check the service details for exact pricing related to your location.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session. The questionnaire helps pair you with appropriate session options.

Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.

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