Christen Thompson

Christen Thompson has spent more than twenty years committed to personal growth and to understanding how past experiences shape the present. Her own recovery journey, which began in 1996 after struggling with cocaine addiction, informs her compassion and motivates the work she does with others.

She entered the addictions field in 2004 as a behavioral health technician, completed a bachelor’s degree, and served as a graduate assistant at Lynn University while finishing a master’s degree in counseling. Christen has worked as a primary therapist in several treatment settings across south Florida, applying a humanistic approach and integrating creative-arts therapeutic modalities whenever possible.

Christen is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida and holds national counselor certification. She also holds certifications in EMDR, psychodrama, and transpersonal counseling. One professional achievement she is particularly proud of is designing and implementing a clinical curriculum for first responders, an experience that deepened her understanding of the administrative and supervisory responsibilities involved in clinical leadership.

She has a sustained passion for working with people affected by addiction and alcoholism and remains committed to growing in self-awareness while guiding others toward self-actualization. At the Center of Revitalizing Psychiatry, Christen Thompson leads the Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Program and also counsels individual clients. She brings nine years of professional therapy experience to work with concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, stress and anxiety, LGBT issues, relationship and family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping disorders, parenting challenges, anger management, career difficulties, depression, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.