Welcome, I’m Chris.
I am here to support you on your path to well-being
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). I received my M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling for Villanova University. My role as a LPC is to support you and your mental health goals. I collaborate with you to understand unhealthy behaviors, challenging feelings, and harmful negative self-talk while working to identify the underlying issues that can be addressed through resilience-focused, strength-based practices rooted in evidence-based modalities. Always view the client through a trauma-informed lens.
At some point during our lives, many of us can struggle with feeling not good enough, low self-esteem, depression, unhealthy behaviors, relationship issues, or even challenges because of one’s gender or sexual orientation. Without judgment or agenda, I listen to what may be holding you back in life and help you find a solution that shifts your thought processes, builds your self-worth, and reinforces how important and valued you are in this world.
Above all, I pride myself on offering a safe space for clients to explore and process who they are. I create an environment of curiosity and acceptance, while allowing clients to feel a sense of ease during their sessions so that they can freely explore their needs and aspirations.
Christine McGowan
My specialties
Through my telehealth counseling services, I work with older adolescents (18 & up) through adulthood. Supporting those who are struggling with life changes, family or relationships issues or work pressures. Individuals may be seeking LGBTQ+-affirming practices or possibly in need of support while feeling they may be experiencing an existential crisis. I utilize therapy modalities tailored to everyone’s unique needs. Always offering a safe space for marginalized clients to feel seen.
Some of the emotion-focused, person-centered therapy techniques that I find particularly impactful for long-term results include:
◉ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) / Habit Reversal Training + (ACT & DBT) - For BFRB’s
◉ Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
◉ Mindfulness Practices
◉ Attachment Based Therapy
◉ Somatic Practices and Exercises
◉ Positive Psychology
I fiercely believe in supporting people to envision the change that they desire in their lives and support the realization that this change is possible through hard work and transparency, both during and after our therapy sessions. By empowering yourself with these new insights and skills, it will support your reimagined outlook and increase your overall well-being throughout your life.
In the past, I’ve supported some clients struggling with the following:
◉ Self-esteem
◉ Depression
◉ Anxiety
◉ ADHD
◉ Parental strategies
◉ Grief
◉ Trauma / attachment styles
◉ Trichotillomania / Excoriation / BFRBs (body-focused repetitive behaviors)
◉ Relationships / Boundaries
◉ People Pleasing Traits / High Achieving Co-Dependents
◉ Impostor Syndrome
◉ Change of life transitions at any age
My Philosophy on Therapy
Early on, I recognized a need for people to be able to feel heard and express their feelings without fear of judgment. I pour my professional expertise into working with people to identify and reach their personal goals. Clients will continue to progress on their own, and a large part of that is achieved through their own motivation, determination, personal insights, and skills acquired from sessions that can facilitate breaking the negative cycles of unhealthy thoughts and behaviors that were previously holding them back. The client’s newfound resilience will bring about healthier ways of supporting themselves long after their therapy sessions have ended.
My counseling services foster a safe, collaborative space where you can work through difficult emotions and past traumas, while I offer you supportive guidance along the way. Together, we will build a foundation of trust where your own self-discovery will help unlock the unlimited possibilities that are within you.
Healing takes time, but you don’t have to go through it alone. If you’re looking for someone who can offer empathetic understanding in a supportive therapy space, I’m here to help.
