Clinical Director | Diagnostic Evaluator | Play Therapist

In January 2025 Dr. Koehler began a sabbatical from private practice to focus on 5NP Texas as a newly launched community mental health initiative using 5NP Auricular Acupuncture. This low cost, low risk, non-medication intervention is a powerful behavioral health solution for an unprecedented pediatric mental health crisis in America. 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, not just suppressing symptoms,” she says.

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

Christine continued in self-guided education, completing the RYT-200 yoga teacher training and Epidemic Answers Health Coach Certification in 2017, and earned the credential for Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist (ADS) in 2023. Christine also offers family coaching using Conscious Discipline (Becky Bailey, EdD) and concepts from Bowen family systems and cognitive behavioral therapy to support children’s sense of responsibility, healthy boundaries, and emotional safety.

Together with her husband, she led pre-K Sunday school for 13 years, making her an expert in the social-emotional and cognitive development of four and five year old children. 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 auricular acupuncture to all Texans for mental health and stress relief.