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Christine Buckingham is the founder
and Executive Director of Life Christian Counseling
Network. She has been involved in ministry since coming
to Christ in 1979. Prior to returning to school to earn
her Master's in Human Services Counseling and her Post-Master's
Certificate of Advanced Counseling Studies, Chris worked
extensively in women's ministry, was a founding member
in a Southern Maryland church plant, served on the executive
board of a large home schooling ministry, held various
church and community leadership positions, and worked
in what would come to be recognized as a lay counseling
capacity. After earning her Master’s she began
her private practice in Southern Maryland in 2003.
In 2004, she affiliated with Safe
Harbor, a practice headquartered in Bel Air Maryland,
and assumed the ownership and management of their small
practice in Clinton, Maryland, renaming it, Safe Harbor
Christian Counseling of Southern Maryland. Over the
next 3 years, she expanded into ten sites throughout
Maryland, NW DC, Alexandria and Virginia Beach, Va.
In 2008 she dropped her affiliation
with Safe Harbor. To better reflect the regional nature
and mission of the practice, she renamed the practice,
Life Christian Counseling Network.
Chris has profound empathy
for people and believes that within a trusting, compassionate
relationship longings are identified and nurtured, and
wounded hearts are healed. She has experienced how God
uses sound clinical interventions to change lives and
is passionate about providing a safe haven where people
can explore how they can be transformed by God's healing
grace and truth. She is a sought after counselor, teaches,
supervises new graduate counselors, and writes and speaks
on the integration of professional, clinical counseling
and Christian faith. She is working on her Doctorate
in Counseling Education and Supervision.
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