- Grief and loss
- Family patterns
- Solution-Focused work
About Christine
Christine Piddington is a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 11 years of clinical experience. She lists grief and loss as a specialty and works with stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and related issues. Sessions have been offered remotely to people in California for several years.
She draws on a hospice social work background to help people manage loss and bereavement in practical ways. That experience informs how she talks about mourning, supports decision-making, and helps with tasks that follow loss. She also works with depression, addiction concerns, anger, and self-esteem issues.
Her practice includes attention to family-of-origin patterns and how those early roles and expectations still affect adults now. She helps clients identify repeated relationship or communication patterns and try different ways of responding. Solution-Focused Therapy is part of her approach, which means short-term goal setting and focusing on what changes will make daily life easier.
Christine also uses ideas from Existential Therapy to address questions about meaning, responsibility, and choices people face during life transitions. That approach can be useful for clients coping with major change, career shifts, or confronting values after loss. Her background includes work in hospice, prisons, hospitals, and international advocacy through two years in the Peace Corps.
She has experience helping people navigate workplace disability leave and housing concerns related to Emotional Support Animals, and offers practical guidance drawn from that advocacy work. Sessions are conducted in English and she does not take international clients. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
Existential and Solution-Focused approaches for remote sessions
Christine blends Solution-Focused Therapy and Existential Therapy in remote work. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable steps and clear goals. It suits people who want short-term work to change daily routines, manage stress, or improve communication.Existential Therapy looks at questions of meaning, responsibility, and choice. It can be helpful when someone faces major life changes, grief, or doubts about direction. Together these approaches let sessions cover practical problem solving and deeper reflections on values.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods as needed. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively what feels most useful and how therapy should proceed.
The original biography specifies remote sessions for clients in California but does not list particular online formats. Confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, reduce travel time, and support ongoing work after a major life event.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with grief and loss, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set practical goals and Existential Therapy to look at meaning and choices. Sessions emphasize concrete steps and reflective discussion.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience, including hospice social work and other settings such as hospitals and prisons.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the California LCSW credential and practices with clients in California.
Which languages does she use for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
She is not accepting international clients and works with people located in California.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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