Dr. Christine Belaire

​Clinical Mental Health Counselor
​Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC-S)
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT)​

Christine Belaire, Ph.D

Belaire Counseling Services, LLC

​ Having worked as a clinical mental health counselor since 1998,  Dr. Christine Belaire is the owner and director of Belaire Counseling Services, LLC.

Dr. Belaire received her Doctorate degree in Counselor Education from Mississippi State University, her Master's degree in Agency Counseling from Louisiana State University, and her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Harding University.
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Her specialties include:
  • General Mental Health issues
    • Depression
    • Anxiety
    • Grief
    • Adjustment 
  • Relationship issues
    • Communication
    • Couples & Marital Counseling
    • Pre-marital Counseling
    • Divorce Counseling
  • Children/Family
    • Play therapy 
    • ​Family Systems Counseling
    • Co-parenting
    • Custody Evaluations
    • Court-referred counseling​
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In addition to her practice, Dr. Belaire teaches in various Master’s in Counseling programs.  Currently she is adjunct faculty for Lamar University in the Counseling and Special Populations Department.  Dr. Belaire has also been adjunct faculty at Louisiana State University in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling department, and Walden University in the Counseling department.  

Dr. Belaire is an authorized facilitator for Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children childhood sexual abuse prevention curriculum and teaches classes on childhood sexual abuse prevention.
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Dr. Christine Belaire is the co-author of Journey to Fantasiaplasia: The Fantasy Adventures of Polly Esther and Rapunzel Rose, a     delightful picture book about best friends who travel together in their imaginations to experience fantasy adventures.  
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Belaire Counseling Services

Belaire Counseling Services, LLC, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, provides a safe, supportive, healing environment where you can change your life for the better.
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​Our mission is to help you improve and enrich your life through counseling and education.
Finding Peace is Dr. Belaire's holistic approach to counseling that demonstrates the counseling process.
Dr. Belaire integrates several styles of treatment into the counseling process. 
  • Client Centered Therapy helps create a strong counselor-client relationship and allows the client to direct the counseling process to create effective goals that are important to the client. 
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify, challenge, and replace negative thoughts and to change problem behaviors. 
  • Interpersonal Therapy focuses on the counselor and client relationship and creates a safe, encouraging environment in which to address problematic issues and correct them. 
  • Family Systems Therapy focuses on family dynamics and addresses problematic issues within the context of the family. 
Dr.  Belaire may use one or all of these styles to help you identify and overcome the issues with which you struggle.