Christine Mendez, LPC, LMHC

Christine Mendez is a licensed counselor who brings 13 years of clinical experience to her practice in Texas. She holds LPC and LMHC credentials. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship difficulties, and a wide range of life transitions. Her style centers on collaboration and respect. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and focuses on strengths people already have. Sessions tend to be direct and practical, with attention to what clients want to change and how to get there. Christine uses a mix of well-known approaches to meet different needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and take values-based steps. She also uses Client-Centered methods to keep the work grounded in each person’s experience. She has worked with grief, trauma and abuse, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and aging and geriatric issues among other concerns. Christine also supports people navigating intimacy, body image, ADHD, and career transitions. People who appreciate clear goals and gentle challenge often fit well with her approach. She encourages small, practical changes alongside emotional understanding. If you want to talk through current stressors and build steady coping tools, she aims to help you move forward.

How her approaches translate to online work

Christine often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, motivation, and life changes.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going and to practice new skills. CBT tends to be hands-on and goal oriented, which works well for worry, depression, and insomnia.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist and client will look at needs, goals, and personal preferences and decide together what to try. That collaborative stance helps tailor sessions to what a person actually wants to accomplish.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats before booking since current session options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten turnaround time between sessions, and allow focused skill practice without extra travel. It also makes check-ins and brief coaching-style conversations more feasible when life feels hectic.