About Me

Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here.

Hi, I’m Christina, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in San Francisco licensed in California and New York State. My style of therapy is relational, warm and interactive; I do not just sit in silence. Our work is collaborative and my style is engaged and responsive. I believe that you deserve not only to be heard, but also understood. Research shows that therapy is most impactful when you have a solid relationship with your therapist. In my practice, I prioritize our relationship and establishing safety - this is a safe space, free of judgement.

I provide compassionate understanding and will also invite you to consider ideas, thoughts, behaviors and patterns in a new and productive way. It can be difficult to see or notice some of our own patterns, so I think this is a really crucial step in therapy. I’m an insight-oriented therapist and spend a lot on getting to the “why” of things, so that your present and future can look the way you’d like them to.

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Areas of focus include

  • Relationships

  • Trauma and PTSD

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Work stress/burnout

  • Life transitions

  • Grief and loss

  • Gender Expansive youth

  • Perfectionism

  • Emotional neglect

I have advanced training in

  • ABFT Attachment-Based Family Therapy

  • Trauma

  • Attachment

  • Brainspotting

  • EFT Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (Externship)

  • Childhood trauma and ACEs Study

  • Expressive Arts Therapy

  • Sandtray

  • California State Certified Sexual Assault Counselor

  • Domestic Violence (child and adult exposure)