About Christian
Christian Jacobs is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and struggles with self-esteem. He also supports clients dealing with parenting concerns, career stress, sleep problems, anger, and addiction-related challenges. Christian aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and grounded.
He keeps the work practical and conversational. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that fit into daily life.
How Christian works
Christian mixes client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people manage symptoms and build new habits. Christian draws on nine years of professional experience in clinical settings. He adapts each plan to the person in front of him rather than using one-size-fits-all solutions.
That can mean practicing coping skills, reframing unhelpful thoughts, or building routines to improve sleep and mood. He also addresses deeper issues like trauma, grief, attachment and abandonment wounds, and intimacy-related concerns. When relationship skills are relevant, he uses ideas from the Gottman Method to improve communication and reduce conflict.
People who reach out can expect a calm, respectful approach that emphasizes collaboration. Christian will work with each person to set achievable goals and check progress over time. He accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Christian lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Christian works with
The areas below are the ones Christian selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Christian blends approaches for online care
Christian often uses client-centered therapy to create a listening space where the person's experience guides the work. This approach focuses on empathy, respect, and tailoring conversation to what matters most to the client, which helps when people bring complex emotions like grief or shame.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical and skill-based, and it can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing mood swings.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills are employed when people need tools for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. DBT offers concrete practices for handling strong emotion, improving relationships, and reducing impulsive behavior.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Christian will work together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences and may combine techniques across approaches as progress is tracked.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options provide flexibility for fitting therapy into a busy schedule - video for more face-to-face work, phone for lower bandwidth, chat for quick check-ins, and messaging for ongoing support between sessions.
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