Koenig Family Therapy

Koenig Family Therapy This is a page for Koenig Family Therapy. Christina Jenkins LPC, MS, NCC. Hi my name is Christina Lawler and welcome to my therapy practice.

My training as a Licensed Professional Counselor was completed at Southern Connecticut State University. The program has a concentration in Multi-Cultural Competency and greatly enhanced the skill set that was innately given to me. This career chose me, this statement is reflected in feedback from client’s as they frequently share that they have traveled further on their journey with me than they have in past attempts. I was born to be a counselor, it lights me up and energizes me and I learn as much from the people who cross my path as they do from me. I am a life-long learner you will often find me at a conference, workshop, or with my head buried in a book that I can gain knowledge from to enhance my practice. I operate from a meaning-focused, humanistic, existential perspective. I employ the use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy often using metaphor and narrative re-framing, as well as some Cognitive Behavioral Techniques. More than any model though I operate from a place where my presence creates space for client’s to explore their most profound truths. This often includes healing around past grief, disappointment of unmet expectations, defining needs and learning how to allow for them, and much more. This process can be extremely uncomfortable at times, as client’s unearth feelings and experiences they have worked hard to “put away”. However, if you have found yourself stuck at some point in your life and feel like the same patterns are repeating or you are unable to live a life that feels authentic for you I would be honored to be a part of your journey into a life that feels like your own. Something client’s have shared they appreciate about working with me is that rather than being an expert providing advice on their life, I believe the client is the expert on their own life and I am just an objective party who can impartially help point out things that can encourage growth. I am a fellow human being willing to get in the trenches of what the client is feeling so they are not alone in that journey. An empathic compass and a warm guide to journey’s that are often filled with discomfort and anxiety.

11/10/2025
11/10/2025

The older I get, the more I realize: I’m drawn to people who can go all in and still laugh along the way.

The ones who take their work seriously, but not always themselves.
The ones who chase big dreams without losing their joy in the process.

Those are my kind of people.

Tag the people who are like this in your life and let them know how much you appreciate them ❤️

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11/09/2025

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Honestly, we’re all waiting for just that one person to sit us down, look us in the eyes, and say, “I’m not giving up on you. You’re worth it. I’m going to treat you the way you deserve. I’m going to learn how to love you right. And I’m not going anywhere.”

Because deep down, we all crave that kind of love — the kind that stays even when things get messy, the kind that doesn’t run at the first sign of imperfection. We want someone who doesn’t need us to be perfect to see our worth, someone who chooses us even on the days we feel unlovable.

We’re all tired of temporary people, of almosts, of maybes. We’re just waiting for that one soul who understands that love isn’t about convenience — it’s about consistency. Someone who shows up, who listens, who learns, and who chooses to stay, no matter how hard it gets.

Because in a world full of fleeting connections, that kind of love — the one that says “I’m here, always” — is the rarest and most healing thing of all.

11/08/2025

Accountability is so important to me. Nobody is perfect but don’t try to flip the script and make my reaction the issue when your actions lit the match.

I can take responsibility for my tone, my words, even my emotions but I won’t let someone ignore the part they played and act like I overreacted out of nowhere. It’s easy to point fingers at someone else’s reaction and call them “too emotional” or “too sensitive,” but it takes real honesty to admit that maybe your behavior triggered it. Maybe you crossed a line, ignored a boundary, did something hurtful and instead of owning up to it, you shifted the blame to how I responded. That’s not fair.

I believe in communication, in working things out, in growing together but none of that can happen without accountability. You can’t heal anything if you keep pretending you did nothing wrong. You can’t expect peace while causing pain and acting innocent. That’s emotional dishonesty and I refuse to play along with that. I’ll always respect someone more when they admit they were wrong instead of making excuses or playing the victim. We all make mistakes but how we take responsibility for them says everything about our character. Relationships of any kind only work when both people are willing to admit and grow.

Because at the end of the day, I’m not asking for perfection. I’m asking for realness. And realness means not running from your part in the damage just because you don’t like how it made me feel. If we want something strong and healthy, it has to be built on truth even the uncomfortable kind. 🥀

— Dorothea.

11/08/2025
11/08/2025

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