- Guilt and shame work
- Communication skills
- Panic and anxiety tools
About Christina
Christina Van Winkle is a California LMFT with eight years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and issues around self-esteem. She also helps people dealing with guilt and shame and the fallout that follows from difficult relationships or choices.
Christina uses different therapeutic techniques depending on what a person brings to sessions. She focuses on practical skills like managing panic symptoms, improving communication, and setting achievable goals. Sessions can include work on attachment concerns, caregiver stress, and problems that come from feeling isolated or stuck.
Her style is individualized. Christina listens for the patterns that keep someone feeling bad about themselves, then offers clear tools to change those patterns. That can mean learning ways to respond to anxiety, practicing new kinds of conversations, or addressing traumatic memories at a pace the person can handle.
She also addresses forgiveness, guilt, and shame directly. Christina helps people name those feelings, understand how they affect thoughts and behavior, and try more helpful responses. She includes work on self-love and life purpose when those concerns are present.
People who choose to work with Christina will find a blend of practical skill building and reflective talk. She supports goal setting and skill practice between sessions to make progress more tangible. To begin, clients follow the site's matching and scheduling steps to set a first appointment.
Approaches Christina Uses and how online sessions work
Christina draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on symptoms and patterns people live with. One common approach is skills-based work for anxiety and panic attacks, which teaches breathing and grounding tools, ways to challenge unhelpful thoughts, and short practices to reduce intense symptoms. This type of work is useful for sudden panic, ongoing worry, and social anxiety.She also integrates trauma-informed methods to address post-traumatic stress and long-standing shame. That involves pacing the conversation, naming what happened, and building coping strategies so memories feel less overpowering. These steps help when painful past events continue to shape present-day behavior and self-image.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the therapeutic process. Christina collaborates with each person to decide which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts the plan as progress is made and as new concerns come up.
Confirm the available session options before booking, since the original profile does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove the need to travel to an office. Talk with the site’s matching process to see which session formats Christina currently offers and to schedule the first appointment.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem problems. Additional focus areas include guilt and shame, attachment issues, caregiver stress, and panic attacks.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
She helps people name and understand those feelings and then practices concrete responses to them. The work often blends skill building with reflective conversation.
What kind of experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience providing therapeutic support. That work has included a range of concerns such as PTSD, family dynamics, sleep challenges, and goal setting.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a California LMFT and practices in California.
Does she run sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.