About Christopher
Christopher Denzler is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Indiana who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and parenting strain. He draws on practical tools and clear conversation to make therapy feel doable. Sessions are aimed at small steps people can use in daily life.
He brings eight years of clinical experience and a background working across a range of settings. That experience includes supporting people after trauma and abuse, assisting with bipolar mood challenges, and addressing sleep, eating, and intimacy concerns.
Background and approach
He also helps clients manage ADHD, compassion fatigue, career stress, and life transitions. His approach blends several evidence-based methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thinking and build better coping.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills help with emotion regulation and communication during tense moments. Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas guide the way he builds trust and listens closely to each person’s story. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports people who want to clarify values and take action even when feelings are hard.
Christopher has worked with young people involved with child services and juvenile probation, and with issues like sexual maladaptive behavior in youths in specialized roles. He adapts methods like trauma-focused CBT, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques to fit each client’s needs. People who prefer straightforward, skills-focused sessions may find his style useful.
He offers multiple online formats to fit different schedules and preferences.
Approach and online options that fit your life
Christopher often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions where direction matters.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with practical behavior changes. CBT fits concerns like depression, sleep and eating problems, and anxiety. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are included when emotional regulation, strong reactions, or relationship difficulties are central to the work.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. He works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust tactics as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and flexibility during busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines while keeping focus on practical change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English