Christina Teel-Gonzales, LPC

Christina Teel-Gonzales is a licensed professional counselor who helps people handle stress, anxiety, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. She is experienced supporting career questions, parenting strains, relationship worries, and issues related to ADHD and sexual orientation. Christina brings a calm, practical style to sessions and focuses on clear steps people can try between meetings.

Christina has a Master of Science in Counseling and Guidance from Texas State University. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Texas, which blends psychology and business perspectives. She has worked in the field for 28 years and practices from Texas.

Her approach centers on listening first and then offering tools that match a person’s everyday life. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Client-centered methods keep sessions focused on the person’s own goals and choices, and solution-focused ideas help set short-term, practical steps.

Christina provides care only through online channels and tailors each plan to what a person needs right now. She can assist with complicated issues such as grief, caregiver stress, immigration challenges, abandonment or family of origin matters. Practical problem-solving and steady support are central to how she works.

Outside of practice she spends time with her daughter and grandsons. She has lived abroad in Germany and traveled widely across the United States and Europe, experiences that inform a broad, down-to-earth perspective in sessions.

How Christina's approaches work online

Christina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and test unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and then try concrete alternatives that change daily routines and mood. Client-centered therapy keeps the focus on the individual's priorities and values, allowing sessions to unfold around what matters most to the person. Solution-focused methods concentrate on short-term goals and small, practical steps that can create quick momentum and clearer next actions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christina listens to a person's goals and preferences, discusses different methods, and together they decide which strategies to try first. She checks progress and adjusts plans over time so therapy remains useful and relevant to changing needs.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls let visual connection and full conversations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into work, parenting, caregiving, or travel routines while keeping the focus on clear goals and real-life steps.