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Christine Penwell, LPC

Based in Tennessee Online sessions

Compassionate counseling for parenting and relationships

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Years in practice
7
Credentials
LPC
Licensed in
Tennessee
Languages
English
Focus
Relationship issues
Focus
Family conflicts
Focus
Trauma and abuse
About

About Christine

Christine Penwell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee who helps people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, anxiety, and stress. She brings seven years of experience to sessions and focuses on practical steps parents can use right away. Christine aims to listen first and follow the client's lead while offering concrete tools where helpful.

She favors a warm, client-centered style that emphasizes empathy and authenticity.

Background and approach

Clients can expect straightforward conversations that explore patterns in relationships, attachment, and family of origin issues. Sessions often include skills for managing anxiety, navigating life changes, and coping with trauma responses. Christine uses a blend of approaches to meet each person where they are.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments. Attachment-based ideas guide work on closeness, trust, and communication within caregiving relationships. Practical coaching around routines, boundaries, and expectations is available for parents juggling neurodivergent needs, school transitions, or custody questions.

She also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, and symptoms related to dissociation or disruptive mood challenges. Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are subscription-based and can be canceled at any time.

To begin, a brief matching questionnaire helps connect people to scheduling options that fit their lives.

Focus areas and approaches

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.

Approaches Christine lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online parenting support

Attachment-based work focuses on patterns of closeness and trust. Online sessions use conversation and targeted exercises to identify attachment needs and build ways to respond differently in caregiving relationships. This approach can help with communication, bonding, and repairing ruptures.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy and following the client's lead. The therapist listens without judgment and helps people find their own answers. That approach supports parents who need a space to reflect, process strong feelings, and decide what changes to try next.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps by naming unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. In remote sessions, CBT can include short experiments, guided worksheets, and practical homework to try between meetings to reduce anxiety and improve routine management.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked before. Together they’ll adjust methods over time so the work fits the client’s life and parenting context.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for detailed conversations and guided exercises. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, coaching, and follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules.
Questions

Questions people ask about Christine

What kinds of concerns does Christine focus on?

She works with relationship issues, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career and ADHD-related concerns, among others.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centered and empathic, emphasizing authenticity and unconditional positive regard while following the client's lead in session.

What experience does she bring to therapy?

She has seven years of clinical experience and has worked in multiple states, focusing on families parenting children with neurodivergence and on trauma-informed care.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds the LPC credential and practices in Tennessee as a Licensed Professional Counselor.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What is the process for getting started?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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