- Years in practice
- 11
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Christine
Christine Piddington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 11 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. Her background includes hospice social work and long-term advocacy roles that shape how she supports clients.
Her approach is practical and person-centered. She uses tools from existential therapy to help people find meaning when life feels uncertain. She also draws on solution-focused techniques to identify small, achievable steps toward change.
Background and approach
Christine has extensive experience supporting people through grief and loss, informed by years working in hospice settings. She also brings experience from the Peace Corps, where she advocated for people with HIV/AIDS, and from work in hospital and prison environments. These roles contributed to her skills in navigating complex systems and advocating for client needs.
She offers remote sessions for people living in California and has provided telehealth care for many years. Sessions can address family-related stress, relationship strain, coping with trauma, depression, addictions, ADHD, and caregiver fatigue. Christine emphasizes listening first, then co-creating a plan that fits each person's life.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate. She helps clients set clear goals and track small changes that build confidence. For a parent feeling overwhelmed, she focuses on practical steps to reduce stress and strengthen routines.
What Christine works with
Everything Christine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Christine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christine lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches that focus on meaning and practical steps
Christine uses existential therapy to help people face big questions about purpose, loss, and life transitions. This approach invites reflection on values and choices so clients can make decisions that feel meaningful.She also uses solution-focused therapy, which narrows attention to specific goals and small changes. That method is useful for parents and busy people who want practical steps they can try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christine listens to your goals, experiments with strategies, and adjusts the plan based on what helps. She treats therapy as a partnership where you shape the direction and she offers tools and perspectives.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, short coaching-style guidance, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to schedule care around family life, work, and unpredictable days.
Questions people ask about Christine
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, addictions, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and related issues such as ADHD and caregiver fatigue.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her practice draws on existential therapy to address meaning and life questions, and solution-focused therapy to set clear, achievable goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience, including hospice social work and advocacy roles that shaped her approach to grief and complex care needs.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and provides services to people located in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and preferences.
How does pricing work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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