Christina Teel-Gonzales , LPC

Christina Teel-Gonzales is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 28 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career questions, and life transitions. She also offers support around LGBT concerns, parenting stress, and attention-related challenges like ADHD.

Christina practices from Texas and meets people through online sessions. She uses straightforward, practical conversations to help clients find coping tools that fit day-to-day life. Sessions are aimed at building skills and clearer thinking rather than long, abstract talk.

Her approach draws from client-centered therapy, which puts the person’s experience first, and cognitive behavioral ideas that look at thoughts and actions. She also uses solution-focused techniques to create small, manageable goals that move people forward. Together these methods help with symptom relief and concrete planning.

Christina trained at Texas State University, earning a master's degree in Counseling and Guidance. Her undergraduate studies in Human Resource Management at the University of Texas combined psychology and business. These backgrounds shape her practical, problem-solving style.

Outside of work she spends time with her daughter and grandsons and has lived in Germany and traveled widely across the United States and Europe. That life experience informs her perspective when clients are coping with immigration, caregiver stress, or end-of-life concerns.

Approaches for online therapy and practical change

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own perspective. The therapist listens closely and helps people name what matters most to them, which can be useful for improving self-esteem and handling relationship or family stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It offers concrete exercises and tools to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and change unhelpful patterns in work or daily life.

Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on small, achievable steps. Sessions often set short-term goals and build on what already works, which appeals to people wanting quick, practical progress.

Finding the right mix of methods is a shared process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which approaches match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning helps tailor sessions to what the client wants to accomplish.

Online therapy makes it easier to fit care into a busy life. Video calls are good for longer, face-to-face conversations, phone sessions work when video is difficult, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing check-ins between meetings. These options provide flexibility for people juggling work, family, or caregiving responsibilities.