Christine VanBasten

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with over 30 years of experience since 1993, guiding individuals, couples, and families through transitions, trauma, loss, and emotional struggles. My approach is rooted in curiosity, compassion, and neutrality, creating a safe space to reconnect with your inner wisdom and strength. I don’t “fix” you—I walk beside you, fostering integration of body, mind, emotions, and spirit for sustainable healing.

My Therapeutic Philosophy

Healing begins between awareness and acceptance, where we understand rather than fight reality. I meet you without judgment, inviting exploration of memories, patterns, and beliefs. This work uncovers buried parts of yourself, sparking clarity, creativity, and resilience. My practice blends evidence-based structure with intuitive depth, honoring your authentic journey.

Therapeutic Methods & Specializations

I integrate diverse modalities for tailored support:

• CBT: Reframes negative thoughts, builds goal-aligned habits for distress relief.
• MI: Collaboratively resolves ambivalence, empowering autonomy in recovery and growth.
• ACT: Promotes flexibility—accept the uncontrollable, commit to values via mindfulness and action.
• NLP: Rewires limiting beliefs through language and behavior, enhancing communication and thriving.
• Family Constellations: Uncovers intergenerational patterns for belonging, forgiveness, and systemic peace.
• BrainSpotting: Neuroscience-based trauma processing via eye positions, releasing stored emotions for calm.
• Generative Trance Coaching: Accesses unconscious creativity, uniting brain hemispheres for organic, mindful transformation.

Integrating Mind, Body, and Spirit

Sessions incorporate grounding, meditation, and somatic techniques to regulate your nervous system and listen to bodily wisdom. Emotions become guides, the mind a tool. This holistic weave—cognitive, somatic, conscious, unconscious—fosters deep change.

A Safe Space for Growth

Our sessions offer stillness and renewal, where you feel heard and honored. From fragmentation to reconnection, I guide with empathy, helping you move toward purpose with confidence and calm.

The Power of Presence

Presence is my greatest tool—through listening and reflection, I convey: “You are safe, seen, enough.” This relaxes your system, allowing insight to unfold naturally.

A Connection Beyond the Individual

Influenced by interconnectedness, I view you within a larger field of relationships and consciousness. Generative Trance and Family Constellations reveal this, fostering humility, gratitude, and belonging.

Transformation Through Integration

By aligning conscious goals with unconscious wisdom, challenges become growth opportunities. With curiosity and compassion, release patterns, reclaim energy, and embrace resilient peace. Healing unfolds organically, one integrated step at a time.