- Years in practice
- 11
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Christine
Christine Finch-Huskey is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. She uses straightforward conversation and practical steps to help clients feel less overwhelmed. Her calm, respectful manner aims to make first conversations easier for someone reaching out for help.
With 11 years of experience, she adapts sessions to fit each person's needs and goals. Christine focuses on real problems like sleep disruption, low self-esteem, motivation, addiction concerns, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
She also addresses issues such as grief, intimacy-related problems, career strain, and attention-related difficulties. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented. She draws from client-centered methods to create a supportive space and from cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and change behavior.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies are used to build momentum and set concrete next steps. Christine works with people dealing with trauma and abuse and uses trauma-focused methods when appropriate. She also brings attention to practical stressors like caregiver strain, chronic illness, blended family questions, and adoption or foster care concerns.
Conversations are tailored to what matters most to each person. Sessions can include short-term coaching-style work or longer therapy to address deeper patterns. Christine encourages small, achievable changes and helps people track progress.
She aims for clear next steps so clients leave sessions knowing what to try between meetings.
What Christine works with
Everything Christine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Christine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christine lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. In this approach the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns, and helps people find their own solutions. It is often useful for building trust and clarifying what matters most.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with practical alternatives. This method is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and parenting-related stress because it produces clear exercises and homework that can be practiced between sessions.
Motivational interviewing encourages a person to find their own reasons for change and to strengthen motivation. It works well when someone feels stuck or unsure about taking the next step toward healthier behaviors.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try one or two approaches, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to choose methods that match the person's needs and preferences.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for richer conversation, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options help make regular care more adaptable to work, childcare, and busy days.
Questions people ask about Christine
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting difficulties, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, sleep and eating struggles, anger, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused steps to set clear goals.
What is her professional background?
Christine has 11 years of work in behavioral health settings and has helped people with motivation, self-esteem, grief, and coping with chronic health and caregiving stress.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Florida licensed mental health counselor, credentialed as LMHC, and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How is payment handled and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on therapist availability.
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