Mary "Christine" Lawson

Mary "Christine" Lawson is a Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) who helps people manage grief, stress, anxiety, trauma, and life changes. She speaks English and French and practices in Tennessee. Christine focuses on practical support and steady, respectful guidance during difficult times.

She uses straightforward conversations to find what matters most to each person. Sessions look at daily coping skills, emotion regulation, and small changes that add up. Christine adapts the work to fit the client’s goals and pace rather than following a single formula.

Over seven years of practice, Christine has supported people facing depression, bipolar disorder, addiction concerns, and relationship and parenting strains. She also works with issues such as caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, attachment and abandonment concerns, and recovery from domestic violence or past abuse.

Her clinical approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, solution-focused methods, and trauma-focused work. These methods are used to help with symptoms, build coping strategies, and set short-term goals that feel achievable.

Christine asks new clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire to begin. She will then review goals and schedule sessions based on what the client needs. The aim is to create a calm, practical process for moving forward, one step at a time.

How Christine’s approaches translate to online care

Christine commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-focused therapy, which both adapt well to remote sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Trauma-focused therapy helps people process traumatic memories and develop coping strategies to manage triggers and distress.

She also draws on motivational interviewing to support change. Motivational interviewing is a conversational way to clarify personal goals and strengthen motivation for steps such as reducing substance use or improving health routines. Together, these approaches give a mix of skills practice, symptom management, and goal-setting that can be done in conversation and with short homework tasks.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christine will talk with each person about their needs and goals, then suggest techniques to try. Progress is reviewed regularly so methods can be adjusted based on what helps most.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. When arranging care, practical details such as session length and scheduling are reviewed with the therapist to match sessions to everyday routines.