Who I Help
Best fit for : Adults ages 27–60 seeking online therapy in Texas or participating PSYPACT states, particularly women, nonbinary, and femme-presenting people navigating high masking, burnout, people-pleasing, and shame. I have a particular focus on late-identified ADHD, autism, AuDHD, and highly sensitive people, as well as adults navigating complex trauma, grief, religious trauma, family estrangement, and difficult relationships.
Welcoming note : If you’re trans, nonbinary, or questioning and this focus fits your lived experience, you’re welcome to reach out for a quick fit check. I’m LGBTQIA+ affirming and many clients are lesbian, bisexual, or asexual.
Common therapy goals: Common goals include understanding yourself through a neurodivergent lens (what’s really going on underneath), reducing shame, and creating supports, boundaries, and communication strategies that actually work for you.
Where you must be located: You must be physically located in Texas or a PSYPACT state at the time of session.
Not a fit if you need: Crisis/urgent stabilization, higher levels of care (IOP/PHP), court-related services, or testing/diagnostic documentation.
About The Therapist & Licensure
Dr. Christine Henry is a licensed psychologist in Texas and is authorized to provide online therapy to clients physically located in Texas or participating PSYPACT states, subject to applicable PSYPACT requirements.
Texas License: Licensed Psychologist — Texas License #35103
Certification (credential, not licensure): National Certified Counselor (NCC) National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) #77114
Telehealth authorization: PSYPACT Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT) #5648
Where client must be located: Client must be physically located in TX or PSYPACT states at session time.
Client Ages: 27–60 (No minors).
Format: Online-only therapy.
Session frequency: Weekly or biweekly. No monthly sessions for new clients.
Availability: Tue–Fri, 9am–3pm CT (no after-hours crisis coverage).
Payment: Private pay only; superbill available (I don’t accept insurance).
Cancellation policy: 24-hour notice required.
Services & Fees (Online)
Free Consultation (20 min, online) — $0: Brief video consultation to discuss what you're hoping for, my approach, and whether I'm a good fit. If so, we'll schedule your first session.
Initial intake session (50 min): $250
Individual therapy (50 min): $235
Neurodivergent support group (50 min): $75/session
I often work with adults who…
People-please, struggle with boundaries, and feel responsible for others’ comfort.
Have lots of self-awareness (reading/research/reflection) but struggle with follow-through (getting started/finishing) and consistency (maintaining habits over time).
Carry shame about productivity and label yourself “lazy” when it’s really overwhelm, shutdown, or executive dysfunction.
You’re most yourself with animals, regulated, present, accepted, and you want more of that ease in relationships with people. With people, you tend to mask, overthink, or second-guess.
Have been told it’s ‘just anxiety/depression,’ but daily challenges persist and you’re exploring whether ADHD/autism/AuDHD explains the pattern.
Recently discovered, self-identified, or were diagnosed with ADHD/autistic/AuDHD traits and feel a mix of relief, confusion, grief, and imposter syndrome and want help making sense of what it means for their life.
Carry a persistent sense of being "wrong" or "too much/not enough" from growing up with criticism, emotional invalidation, or restrictive religious expectations, often leading to shame, hypervigilance, and self-doubt.
Experience cyclical mood changes (irritability, anxiety, brain fog, low energy) linked to PMDD/perimenopause/thyroid/PCOS/postpartum and want emotional support to plan for the hard weeks, alongside care from a medical provider.
You may be a strong fit for this therapy if:
You’re a deep diver who’s already done a lot of self-reflection (books/podcasts/journaling) and wants help connecting patterns, finding the “missing pieces,” and turning insight into doable action.
You want a therapist who's engaged in the conversation, asks questions, shares observations, and helps you understand patterns in your relationships and experiences.
You like bringing notes, lists, or questions to therapy, but you're just as welcome to show up without an agenda or organized thoughts. We can figure out where to start together.
You process out loud (circling, losing your thread, word-finding), and you want help slowing down, organizing your thoughts, and naming what you feel, without pressure or judgment.
You’re looking for neurodivergent-affirming care for ADHD/autism/AuDHD/HSP especially if you’re late-identified, self-identified, or questioning, in a space that is validating and non-pathologizing.
You're grieving the death of someone you love, caring for an aging parent, supporting someone with a serious illness or in hospice, or anticipating a loss. I also work with people facing the anticipated loss of a beloved pet, including difficult decisions about their care and quality of life.
You’re open to small between-session experiments (practice, tweaks, troubleshooting), even when overwhelm, shutdown, or executive dysfunction makes consistency hard.
If several of these describe you, we’ll likely work well together.
I’m likely not the right provider and not a good fit, if you need any of the following:
Legal/documentation: court-involved care, custody evals, court letters.
Crisis / urgent stabilization: active suicidal intent, immediate safety concerns (call 988 / ER).
Need higher level of care: IOP/PHP, multiple sessions per week, or intensive stabilization.
Need on-call/after-hours support between sessions (I don’t provide crisis coverage outside session hours).
Testing/documentation: diagnostic evals, ESA letters, disability/accommodation forms. If you’re seeking these services, please see my Testing page for referrals.
A coaching style or highly structured, worksheet-driven approach with lots of homework, frequent between-session support, or a fixed short-term timeline.
Couples/family therapy as the primary focus (I mainly offer individual + group).
Want medication management. I don’t prescribe medication; I can coordinate with your prescriber if helpful.
Specialized trauma treatment: Intensive treatment for severe dissociation, frequent disruptive flashbacks, or trauma-related symptoms that require a more specialized or structured approach, including EMDR, or Brainspotting.
My Approach to Therapy
My approach integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and interpersonal process theory, with an emphasis on understanding relationship patterns, emotional experiences, attachment, and identity. I also draw from family systems and nervous system frameworks, including polyvagal theory. My work is trauma-informed and neurodivergent-affirming, and I adapt my approach to your experiences, needs, and what we're exploring together.
I use these approaches to help clients understand how early childhood experiences, family dynamics, attachment patterns, and growing up with unrecognized neurodivergence influence their sense of self and relationships. Therapy also focuses on reducing struggles with self-criticism, shame, emotional overwhelm, and rigid expectations while developing practical strategies for emotional regulation, psychological flexibility, and values-based living.
My style is collaborative, engaged, and practical, combining clinical expertise with lived neurodivergent experience. The goal is greater self-understanding and building a life that supports each client's needs, values, and neurotype.
What we’ll work on in therapy:
Executive function
Build executive function supports for time management, prioritizing, and simple routines you can maintain.
Create follow-through supports for starting and finishing, especially when motivation drops or capacity is low.
Boundaries + relationships
Build external communication that fits your brain such as making requests, setting limits, and navigating conflict without over-explaining, over-accommodating, or shutting down.
Shift relationship patterns like people-pleasing, fawning, conflict avoidance, and rejection sensitivity with practical strategies.
Emotions + shame (ACT-informed)
Learn to slow down and untangle thoughts so you can name what you feel and need internally (especially when you lose the thread or go blank).
Work with shame and self-criticism by separating who you are from old learned messages, and unhooking from “not good enough” stories that fuel masking and people-pleasing.
Make space for the relief/grief of late discovery, including the grief of ‘what could’ve been,’ loosen ‘maybe I’m faking it’ stories, and build a clearer, more confident neurodivergent identity.
Loosen all-or-nothing thinking and build psychological flexibility so you can respond with more steadiness and choice.
Learn ways to quiet the mental replay, recover after misunderstandings, and avoid the long spiral afterward.
Nervous system + trauma-informed support
Identify sensory and nervous-system needs, and create shutdown/meltdown prevention + recovery plans.
Explore trauma-informed themes through a neurodivergent lens (chronic invalidation, developmental stress, sensory overwhelm, nervous-system reactivity).
Cyclical shifts
Track cyclical shifts in mood, energy, sleep, and executive function that may relate to hormones or health conditions (e.g., PMDD, perimenopause, postpartum, PCOS, thyroid issues) and build a coping plan for tougher weeks (alongside medical care).
Training, Experience & Credentials
Credentials
M.A. Mental Health Counseling (2002) — Purdue University.
Ph.D. Counseling Psychology (2008) — Purdue University.
Experience & Training
Providing psychotherapy (therapy) since 2002.
Early work: community-based settings (domestic violence shelter, substance use treatment, community mental health).
10 years in college counseling centers (Purdue University; Miami University–Ohio; Ball State University; University of Houston; University of Houston–Clear Lake).
Private practice since 2018.
Looking for Support With Something Specific?
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Complete the CONTACT FORM (no phone call needed)
I reply within 1–2 business days. If it looks like a fit, I’ll send a few secure video time options, typically for that week or the next. If we decide we’re not a fit, I’ll suggest next steps for finding a provider who better matches what you need.
If you’ve been searching for…
A neurodivergent-affirming therapist for late-identified/self-identified ADHD, being autistic, or AuDHD (and HSP), especially high-masking (ideally someone who’s neurodivergent, too).
Support for high-functioning burnout (“I look fine, but I’m falling apart”) without reducing it to “just anxiety/depression.”
Help with rejection sensitivity (RSD), overthinking, and replaying conversations afterward.
Help stopping people-pleasing/fawning, especially when conflict or disappointing people feels scary.
Feeling socially drained with people, but regulated and at ease with animals.
I can’t get things done because overwhelm, shutdown, brain fog, or executive dysfunction gets in the way.
I’ve read the books / listened to the podcasts / done the research… but I still feel stuck.
Hormone shifts (PMDD/perimenopause/PCOS/thyroid/postpartum) make mood, energy, and brain fog worse and I want emotional support” (alongside medical care).
Therapy for complex trauma and the effects of abuse, emotional neglect, or being dismissed/minimized for years.
Help understanding how growing up with conservative religious beliefs, strict gender roles, or expectations to be obedient and put others first may still affect your self-worth, boundaries, and relationships.
Help processing why you feel worse after an ADHD/autism diagnosis, including grief, anger, and imposter syndrome (“I feel like I’m faking it”).
…you’re in the right place.
Plain-Language Summary
I provide private-pay, online-only therapy for adults ages 27–60 in Texas and participating PSYPACT states. Best fit: late-identified or self-identified ADHD, autistic, AuDHD, and HSP adults experiencing masking, burnout, people-pleasing, shame, rejection sensitivity, and relationship difficulties. Additional specialties include complex trauma, religious trauma, family estrangement, grief after human loss, anticipatory grief involving people or pets, and caregiving. My approach integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and interpersonal process therapy (IPT), focusing on relational patterns, emotional processing, attachment, and identity. I also draw from family systems and nervous system frameworks, including polyvagal theory. My work is trauma-informed and neurodivergent-affirming. I do not provide crisis care, court-related services, or psychological testing and diagnostic evaluations.