About Christopher
Christopher Keil is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. He works to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through painful memories and current struggles. Christopher holds an MA and lists LMHC and LPC credentials and practices from Utah.
He uses straightforward methods to help clients make change. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. Christopher often combines eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, narrative therapy, and Internal Family Systems to address painful events and confusing self-patterns.
Background and approach
Christopher supports people who feel stuck after trying other approaches. He pays attention to how past hurts show up in daily life and relationships. Together clients identify patterns and then test new, healthier ways of responding.
His approach is collaborative and paced to fit each person. Sessions may include talking, guided memory work, and exercises to try between meetings. Christopher explains each step and checks in about what is helpful.
People who come for help with grief, chronic illness, isolation, or issues like control and shame will find practical strategies and compassionate listening. He aims for progress people can notice in their day-to-day life. Taking the first step is often the hardest, and Christopher aims to make that step easier.
How EMDR, Narrative Work, and IFS Can Fit Online
EMDR uses guided attention to help people process distressing memories. In practice this can involve eye movements or other bilateral stimulation while the person recalls a memory to reduce its emotional charge. It is often used when trauma or abuse memories interfere with daily life.Narrative Therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves. The therapist helps separate the person from the problem and rewrites unhelpful storylines so clients can pursue different choices. This can be useful for identity issues, shame, and patterns that repeat over time.
Internal Family Systems looks at the different parts inside a person - for example a reactive part and a protective part - and helps them relate to each other with more compassion. It can be helpful for dissociation, shame, and chronic internal conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and together they choose which methods to try. That plan can change as progress is made, and adjustments are expected to find the best fit.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let the therapist and client see facial cues and use guided exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Utah, Missouri, Arizona, Washington, Massachusetts, Oregon
- Languages
- English