About Bonnie
Bonnie Christensen is a licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience helping people who feel worn out by responsibility and stress. She listens for what has become heavy and helps clients notice how stress shows up in their bodies and daily life. Her work is calm and practical, with an emphasis on restoring energy and clarity.
Bonnie often meets people who have been the dependable one for a long time.
Background and approach
They may present with anxiety, low mood, grief, or trouble trusting their own needs. She helps them untangle patterns that leave them emotionally depleted and unsure who they are anymore. Her approach blends somatic awareness with evidence-based methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Sessions include learning to track bodily signals, try manageable behavioral shifts, and clarify personal values. This combination aims to help people feel steadier and more connected to their lives. Bonnie also draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to strengthen how people relate to themselves and others.
Work in therapy can include improving communication, setting boundaries, and rebuilding self-worth. She focuses on small, concrete steps that add up over time. Starting therapy with Bonnie is presented as a collaborative process.
She moves at a pace that feels comfortable and practical. The goal is to regain a sense of stability and hope while addressing real-life demands such as caregiving strain, chronic health issues, or major life changes.
How somatic and evidence-based approaches work online
Somatic-informed work helps people notice how stress and emotions show up in the body. Online sessions can include gentle guidance to notice breathing, tension, posture, and sensation so clients learn to use bodily signals as information. This approach is useful for anxiety, chronic stress, and feeling disconnected from oneself.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and actions people want in their life. It helps identify what matters most, accept difficult thoughts or feelings, and take small steps toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thought patterns and behaviors and helps people try concrete exercises to reduce worry and improve mood.
Finding the best mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions proceed at a comfortable pace and adjust based on what helps in real life.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to practice skills between appointments. These options support continuity of care when travel or caregiving duties make in-person visits difficult, and they allow people to receive consistent support from licensed professionals in ways that match their daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace 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
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English