- Practical coping skills
- Family and parenting focus
- Trauma informed care
About Christina
She takes time to learn each person's story before suggesting a path forward. Her style mixes client-centered listening with tools from cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused approaches. She also uses motivational interviewing and trauma-focused methods when those fit a person's needs.
Christina often helps people sort through family conflict, caregiver stress, grief, and changes that feel overwhelming. She supports work on attachment concerns, communication problems, mood disorders, panic, and social anxiety. She also works with issues that come up in young adulthood and with attention-related challenges such as ADHD.
Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and small, practical steps that can make daily life easier. Christina emphasizes collaboration so people have a say in what happens in therapy. She aims to help people build coping skills, improve communication, and feel more in control of everyday situations.
Her background includes a bachelor’s degree in psychology from California State University, Channel Islands, and a master’s degree in psychology from Phillips Graduate Institute. Christina kept working in community settings early in her career, gaining experience with individuals, groups, and families. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin the process.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Credentials
California, Oklahoma, Texas
Languages
English
How Christina’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding you as a person. The therapist listens carefully, reflects what she hears, and helps you set goals that matter to you. This approach is useful for people who want a supportive space to talk through feelings and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and habits affect feelings and actions. Sessions identify unhelpful patterns and practice small changes that can reduce anxiety, panic, or low mood. This approach often includes concrete exercises and homework to try between meetings.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Christina will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adapts tools over time, checking in to see what helps and what needs to change.
If you plan to do online work, confirm the available session options before booking so you know how sessions will be delivered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten commute time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist about what will work best for scheduling, length, and a comfortable pace.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting strain, grief, anger, self-esteem struggles, relationship and family issues, and ADHD-related challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
She listens first and uses an eclectic approach. Sessions mix client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused tools to set practical goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 13 years of experience working in community mental health settings with individuals, families, and groups.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California and with an Oklahoma LMFT designation noted in her background.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered to clients in California.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.