Christine Whittaker, LMFT

Christine Whittaker is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people move past anxiety and the barriers of unfamiliar feelings. Her goal is to help clients find meaning, build confidence, and create workable solutions for daily life.

She uses a practical, down-to-earth style in sessions. Christine listens with empathy and asks clear questions to identify where problems started. She helps people spot patterns in thoughts and actions and then practices straightforward skills to change them.

Christine works with individuals and couples on relationship stress, intimacy concerns, grief, career pressures, parenting strains, and issues tied to trauma and abuse. She also supports people with self-esteem, communication problems, and coping with life changes. Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family issues, body image, chronic illness, codependency, and kink-related matters.

Her approach draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and the Gottman Method. Christine adapts techniques to each person’s needs instead of using one fixed method.

She encourages a collaborative, nonjudgmental process that looks for small, usable steps. Clients leave sessions with clearer plans and simple tools to practice between meetings. Christine aims to help people feel more grounded, focused, and capable of change.

How Christine’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) centers on clarifying values and taking small actions that matter to you, helping reduce avoidance and build a more meaningful day-to-day life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior, and uses practical exercises to change patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions in relationships, helping partners notice and shift interaction patterns to feel closer and more secure.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Christine will talk with you about your goals and try methods that match your needs and preferences. Over the first few sessions she will adjust the plan so it fits what actually helps you in life.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people join from different locations when schedules or circumstances make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals can use these options to focus on skill building, relationship work, and processing trauma-related issues in a way that fits your routine.