About Christina
Christina Balboni is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in California with eight years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and major life transitions. Christina writes in a direct, compassionate way and aims to make the first steps into therapy feel doable.
She has spent more than a decade working in the geriatric field and found that work deeply meaningful. That background informs her understanding of aging and end-of-life concerns, chronic illness, and the practical stresses those situations bring.
How Christina works
Christina draws on hands-on experience to help people cope with loss and changing health or living situations. Sessions center on clear goals and practical conversation. Christina listens for what matters most and then tailors the dialogue and plan to fit each person’s needs.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to reduce symptoms and build day-to-day coping skills. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, codependency, communication problems, and problems tied to personality patterns. Her approach is straightforward and respectful - she meets people where they are and works at a pace that feels right.
Christina offers therapy in English and provides sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, clients select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
What Christina works with
The areas below are the ones Christina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online care
Christina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and coping. One common approach emphasizes skill-building to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms through simple, teachable strategies. This helps people manage overwhelming thoughts, regulate mood, and handle day-to-day stressors.Another strand of her work draws on supportive, problem-focused conversation to address grief, loss, and life transitions. In these sessions she helps people name priorities, process emotions, and create concrete plans for caregiving, end-of-life concerns, or shifting roles.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christina will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins or to fit therapy into a busy day. These formats make it easier to attend appointments, keep continuity during life changes, and pick the way of communicating that feels most comfortable.
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