About Christopher
Christopher Denzler is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Indiana with eight years of clinical experience. He aims to help people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, struggling with mood or relationship problems, or facing challenges like ADHD, addiction, and parenting strain. Christopher focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
He works in straightforward, respectful language so families and individuals can feel heard and plan next steps.
Background and approach
Christopher uses a mix of evidence-informed methods to match each person’s needs. He draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to notice unhelpful thinking, dialectical skills to manage strong emotions, and attachment-based ideas to improve close relationships. Sessions often include skills practice, problem solving, and moments to reflect on how patterns began and how to change them.
He has experience supporting people affected by trauma, abuse, grief, and complicated family situations. Christopher has worked in settings that include child welfare and juvenile services, and he brings that background into sessions when it fits a person’s story. He also has specific experience addressing sexually maladaptive behaviors in youth as a Credentialed Sexually Abusive Youths Counselor since 2017.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Christopher helps clients set clear, achievable objectives and teaches tools to cope between meetings. He tailors pacing to each person, balancing practical skill-building with space to process difficult emotions.
People can expect a calm, direct approach that focuses on what is most pressing for them. Christopher offers multiple online session formats and works in English with clients in Indiana.
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online
Christopher often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify patterns of thinking that get in the way and then practice different responses. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and habit change. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is another approach he uses to help people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values rather than being driven by every emotion. ACT can help with stress, life transitions, and long-term goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christopher will talk about options, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what feels helpful. He treats the choice as collaborative and revisits goals so therapy stays relevant to a person's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for people with busy schedules or caregiving responsibilities. Video calls let clients see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, coaching between sessions, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into life and to use therapy tools when they matter most.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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