About Therapy
Therapy looks like…
Vulnerability, Authenticity and Growth.
I believe therapy is a highly personal and vulnerable experience. Knowing this, I take great pride in building solid relationships with clients.
When you come to therapy with me, I don’t expect you to bear all your secrets immediately. It takes time to peel back all the layers of what makes you, you. But as we get to know each other, I hope you will feel that therapy is a safe space to be your true self.
When you come to therapy with me, expect to be challenged. I tell clients all the time that it’s one thing to show up for therapy, but it’s a whole other thing truly to engage in the work of therapy. Therapy can feel messy, but we must trudge through the hard stuff to come out the other side as our best selves.
Sometimes, the hard stuff is working through old trauma, finally coming to terms with grief, or simply trying to figure out how to get where you want to go. Regardless of what the hard stuff might be for you, if you’re ready to face it head-on, I’ll be there to meet it alongside you.
About Christine Frampus, LPC, NCC, RPT, M. Ed.
My path led me from social work to therapy.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri and Pennsylvania and a National Certified Counselor and Registered Play Therapist.
After growing up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, I went to St. Louis University in 2005 without any idea what I wanted to be. I ended up in the Social Work program and thought being a social worker in schools was the right fit.
During my first summer of graduate school for my Master’s degree in Social Work, I interned at an agency called Annie’s Hope in St. Louis. They support kids, teens and families who have experienced the death of a loved one. During that summer, I knew I wanted to be a therapist that worked with people experiencing grief.
Although I started as a caseworker, I knew that the job would help buy me some time before I figured out how to get a job as a therapist. Over the years, I returned to school, became a School Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor, received my Play Therapy certificate and learned more about working with people.
Over the years, my definition of grief has grown to be more than people who experience the death of a loved one. My expanded view of grief also includes people who have lost years of their life to cancer, relationships, loss of themselves and so much more. No matter what kind of grief you present, I find it an honor to hear your story.
Meet Griff!
Griff is my Whoodle! He is a Wheaten Terrier and Poodle mix. He’s just a puppy but has already started obedience training to become a certified Therapy Dog!