Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Christine works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Iowa
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Christine
Christine Topping is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in Iowa with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, relationship problems, parenting concerns, grief, and anger. Christine aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can begin making changes that matter to them.
Her background includes work with a wide range of concerns such as depression, addictions, ADHD, and trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
She has also supported people dealing with divorce and co-parenting challenges, adoption and foster care issues, and caregiving strain. Those experiences shape how she approaches everyday problems and complex life transitions. Christine uses practical, evidence-informed approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people build coping skills and move toward values-based goals.
She also draws on the Gottman Method for relationship work, Narrative Therapy for reframing difficult stories, and Solution-Focused Therapy for targeted change. These tools are used to fit each person’s needs and goals. In sessions she balances support with gentle challenge.
Clients can expect clear strategies, skill practice, and attention to what matters most to them. Communication and problem-solving are common focuses when relationship or family patterns cause distress. Christine offers a warm, straightforward style that aims to make therapy practical and usable.
She encourages small steps, realistic goals, and steady progress tailored to each person’s life circumstances.
What Christine works with
Everything Christine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Christine's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Evidence-informed approaches and flexible online care
Christine often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them and take actions that match their values while managing difficult thoughts and feelings. ACT is useful for stress, anxiety, and life changes because it focuses on real-world steps rather than just feeling better in the moment.She also employs Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. DBT techniques can help when anger, impulsivity, or strong emotions get in the way of daily life. For relationship work she may incorporate elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication and conflict patterns between partners.
Determining the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to each person’s goals and try different techniques to see what fits. Clients and the therapist work together to adapt methods so work in real life and match personal preferences.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging lets people check in between sessions or fit brief check-ins into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Christine
What concerns does Christine commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting problems, grief, anger, addictions, ADHD, and related issues such as attachment and family of origin concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental while also offering gentle challenge. Sessions blend skill-building, values-focused work, and practical problem solving.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist working with a range of individual and relationship challenges.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is licensed in Iowa as an LMFT and practices with that credential within the state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.