Therapist profile
Christine Toler, LPC
New Jersey
Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Anxiety
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- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, Tennessee / 02650; LPC, New Jersey / 37PC00713700; LPMHC, Delaware / PC-0011076
- NPI1902242662
- Experience10 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationNew Jersey
About
- CBT methods
- Mindfulness practices
- Trauma-focused work
About Christine
Christine Toler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of counseling experience and a longer history in school counseling. She works with adults and teens who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and anger. Her direct style focuses on practical steps rather than only talking about problems.
She learned early that therapy can reach the root of an issue, and she brings that belief to her work. Christine uses solution-focused ideas alongside cognitive approaches. That means sessions move from understanding patterns to trying small, concrete changes that can reduce distress and improve daily life.
Christine also brings trauma-informed perspectives when past hurts affect current behavior. She uses trauma-focused work to help people notice how old wounds shape reactions like avoidance, shutdown, or sudden anger. Mindfulness practices are woven in to help people notice impulses and breathe through strong feelings.
Her background includes school counseling experience and licensure as an LPC in Tennessee and New Jersey. Christine describes therapy as collaborative and practical; she says knowing the experience of being a client helps her relate to common struggles.
Sessions tend to emphasize skills you can use between meetings - thought tracking, grounding moves, and short behavior experiments. People come for help with impulsivity, communication problems, attachment concerns, and managing resentment that builds up over time.
How sessions work
Approaches used in online sessions and what they help with
Christine commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, and persistent anger. CBT focuses on concrete skills you can practice between meetings to shift reactions.She also integrates Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice urges and bodily signals without immediately acting on them. Mindfulness can be useful for impulsivity, emotional flooding, and when resentment or frustration builds quickly.
Trauma-Focused Therapy is used when past traumatic experiences are shaping current responses. That work looks at how those experiences influence thoughts, feelings, and behavior, and it includes paced interventions to reduce reactivity and distress.
Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the early work. Christine will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts plans as progress and feedback come in, treating therapy as a practical team effort.
Confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into busy days, make shorter check-ins possible, and reduce travel time. Other practical benefits can include easier scheduling around work or caring responsibilities and picking a setup that feels less demanding on any given day.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Tennessee, New Jersey, Delaware
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting concerns, anger, and related issues such as attachment and communication problems.
What is her general therapy style?
Her approach is practical and solution-focused, using cognitive techniques and short behavior experiments to move from understanding to action.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of counseling experience and prior work as a school counselor going back further.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LPC with licensure in Tennessee and New Jersey and practices out of New Jersey.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are used?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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