Christine Whittaker, LMFT
Practical, relational therapy for parenting and relationships
Book with Christine- Years in practice
- 11
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Florida, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Christine
Christine Whittaker is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Florida. She brings 11 years of experience helping people work through relationship strain, stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, and life changes. Christine focuses on practical steps that build confidence and reduce overwhelm.
She prefers a straightforward, relational style. Sessions aim to connect actions and thoughts so change feels doable. Christine uses clear communication techniques to help people find solutions for intimate and family concerns without moralizing.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with relationship distress, intimacy and sexuality issues, codependency, and trauma and abuse. She also has experience with adoption and foster care topics, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and blended family concerns. That range informs how she sees patterns and opportunities for change.
Christine draws from approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods, emotionally focused work, and acceptance-based practices. She adapts methods to each person rather than using one single recipe. This lets her focus on what will move someone forward right now.
Sessions often include skill-building and straightforward feedback. Clients practice new ways of communicating and handling strong emotions between meetings. The goal is steady, manageable progress toward clearer choices and healthier relationships.
Parents concerned about parenting stress or family conflict will find a practitioner who aims to make change feel practical and within reach. Christine matches techniques to the situation and helps people take the next realistic step.
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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- 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
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- 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
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions that match your values. It can help with anxiety, stress, and getting unstuck when emotions feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and many daily challenges. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on improving emotional connection in relationships and helps people who want clearer bonding and communication. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, values, and day-to-day life. That means trying approaches, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together. Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and teachable moments. Phone sessions are handy when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, skill coaching, or when someone needs support between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into work, parenting, and travel schedules.Questions people ask about Christine
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, career questions, and many family-related strains.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is relational and direct. She uses clear communication, skill-building, and personalized techniques to help people make practical changes.
What is her professional background?
She has 11 years of clinical experience and has worked with individuals and couples on relationship distress, intimacy issues, and trauma-related concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with Florida and North Carolina LMFT credentials, and she practices from Florida.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist terms; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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