LPC, 9 years of experience
I am an LPCC in California and an LPC in Texas. My educational background consists of earning my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Master's in clinical counseling, and a Master's in Addictions. I am a National Certified Counselor and am a certified addictions counselor. My past clinical experience includes working for a crisis center where the majority of clients experienced issues related to suicide, homicide, domestic violence, and child and elder abuse. These issues impact people of all ages, races, and ethnic groups. I have also worked for a county-based permanent assisted housing development where all of the clients have experienced episodes of homelessness, and have been significantly impacted by issues of trauma, depression, addictions, domestic violence, and child abuse.
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the more specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
Having worked speifically with grief, trauma, and various addiction issues for the past 7 years, I am well versed helping you identify the underlying issues contributing to your challenges. I am solution focused and evidenced based. Together we can come up with a plan and skills to take forward into your life that can ideally help manage issues that may feel overwhleming and unmanageable.
My areas of concentration include grief and significant trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, addictions, and a sub-concentration in eating disorders. I see primarily adults, couples, and families that have been impacted by grief, trauma, and or addiction issues.
4 ratings with written reviews
May 14, 2025
I wasn’t sure what to expect from my first therapy session, but Christine immediately put me at ease and confidently guided the process. I appreciate her solution-oriented approach—she provided practical techniques to help manage my anxiety right from the start. I'm looking forward to continuing my work with her.
May 13, 2025
She looked kind, yet serious. and she turned out to be just that. hands down after all of my years in therapy this has been my best and most rewarding experience
April 19, 2025
My experience has been very, very good. She’s been very very helpful and helping me to come to terms with a lot of things and we’re still going and I’m still growing with her help.
Most everyone has been through a stressful event in their life. When the event, or series of events, causes an excessive amount of stress, it is called a traumatic event. Symptoms of traumatic events can include a sense of horror, helplessness, serious injury, or the threat of serious injury or death. Traumatic events can affect anyone. Responses to traumatic events vary from person to person and can include, but are not limited to depression, fear, grief, and anxiety. Physical responses can include nausea, dizziness, appetite changes, sleep changes and loss of interest, and withdrawal from daily activities. Most people report feeling better within three months after a traumatic event. If the problems become worse or last longer than one month after the event, the person may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Cognitive behavioral therapy, which can help one become aware of negative or inaccurate thinking and work toward reframing thoughts to better deal with challenging situations. By utilizing Trauma informed care, I can help evaluate each individual's trauma and its impact on their behavior, mental and physical health, and their ability to participate and engage in treatment.
Dialectical behavioral therapy to deal with intense emotions, and learn to understand and accept feelings.
The four C's of addiction are referred to as craving, compulsion, control, and consequences. I work with clients with substance and behavioral and impulsive addictions that are looking for additional support coming out of in-patient treatment, partial hospitalization programs, or intensive outpatient programs. We will address the root cause of the addiction, develop healthy stress management tools, create a support system, and work to improve overall health and psychological well-being.