Clinical Director

In January 2025 Dr. Koehler began a sabbatical to focus on a newly launched community mental health initiative using the Five Needle Protocol (5NP). This low cost, low risk, non-medication auricular intervention is a powerful behavioral health solution that can be used to address trauma, addiction, and physical, emotional, and psychological stress. Many big projects are coming to fruition!

Dr. Christine Koehler blends rigorous clinical training with holistic vision. She began with advanced coursework in clinical psychology before earning her PhD in Counseling at the University of North Texas, where she also trained as a play therapist—learning to see the world through children’s eyes and deepening her insight into parent–child dynamics.

At a local non-profit, Christine witnessed an alarming rise in ADHD and neurodevelopmental diagnoses—often driven straight to medication without exploring root causes. Determined to find better answers, she pursued multidisciplinary training through Epidemic Answers (now DocumentingHope.com), mastering integrative approaches that honor mind, body, spirit, relationships, and environment. “True healing starts by identifying and treating root causes - in prioritized order vs suppressing symptoms,” she says.

Dr. Koehler builds comprehensive, prioritized treatment plans—with rigorous, data-driven rule-out process and sensitivity to differential diagnoses. A Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor in Texas, she consults locally and nationally with holistic experts and authors to stay on the cutting edge of health and wellness research.

“Because we were not blessed with having our own children, my husband and I served in pre-K Sunday school for 13 years, witnessing the social-emotional and cognitive development of four and five-year old children. It’s not easy to come to terms with missing out on parenting…but I made the best of it by keeping up with my passion for learning.”

Christine continued to pursue holistic training in 2017, completing the RYT-200 yoga teacher training. After completing a certification through Epidemic Answers Documenting Hope in health coaching, she earned the credential for Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist (ADS) in 2023 - to round out a truly holistic and integrative treatment planning approach. Christine also offers clinical supervision to LPC-Associate play therapists in training with a blend of Conscious Discipline (Becky Bailey, EdD), concepts from Bowen family systems, and cognitive behavioral therapy.

In 2025, she helped with the launch of 5NP Texas as a non-profit entity with the goal of training providers to administer five needle protocol auricular needles to all Texans for physical, emotional, and psychological stress relief.