Christopher Dennison, LMFT

Christopher Dennison is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Tennessee with eight years of clinical experience. He works with individuals, couples, and families on concerns such as depression, relationship difficulties, family problems, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, career stress, mood disorders, anxiety, and attention-related issues. His practice emphasizes both individual needs and the ways family and work environments influence wellbeing.

His therapeutic manner is described as warm, caring, and direct, and he approaches counseling from attachment and humanistic perspectives. He believes that people and families often already possess the strengths needed to adapt to life’s challenges and that a collaborative therapeutic relationship can help bring those strengths into focus. He is trained in Attachment Based Family Therapy, an approach used to address adolescent depression and suicidality, and he integrates that training with relational and emotion-focused methods to tailor treatment to each situation.

Christopher invites those seeking support to explore therapy as a partnership aimed at practical change and improved connection. As an LMFT he holds specialized training in marriage and family work and offers structured, relationship-focused care to help clients build healthier patterns and cope more effectively with stressful circumstances.

Evidence-Informed Approaches and Online Care

Christopher integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy into his online practice to meet different needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify personal values, and take committed action toward a more meaningful life - it is often helpful for mood and anxiety concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relational patterns formed in early life and aims to improve connection and safety in current relationships, which can be useful for attachment issues and family conflict. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) works to identify and change interactional cycles that maintain distress in couples and families by addressing underlying emotions and fostering secure bonds.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Christopher works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. He tailors interventions over time and invites client input to shape treatment.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate work schedules, family responsibilities, and geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and access therapists when life is busy or travel is difficult, while still engaging in structured, goal-oriented work with a licensed professional.