About Christina
Christina Bonniwell is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LIMFT) based in Ohio with eight years of hands-on experience. She focuses on helping people through depression, anxiety, trauma, and major life changes. Christina aims to make therapy feel like a real conversation rather than a chore, and she brings warmth and directness to sessions.
Christina has worked in psychiatric inpatient units, crisis stabilization, substance use treatment, county behavioral health clinics, and skilled nursing facilities.
How Christina works
That variety gave her practical experience with people in intense moments, not just textbook knowledge. She has conducted crisis assessments and supported people after trauma and abuse. Her style is trauma-informed and client-centered.
She listens for each person’s pace and goals rather than following one rigid plan. Christina uses creativity and occasional humor when it fits to keep the work human and engaging. She helps people process abandonment, attachment issues, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, body image, chronic illness, and the practical fallout of toxic relationships.
Christina also works with control issues, communication problems, commitment concerns, and co-morbidity where multiple problems overlap. Sessions may include straightforward talk, skills to manage symptoms, and steps to rebuild daily routines. Christina emphasizes collaborating with clients to find approaches that feel useful and sustainable.
Her practical focus is on helping people get through hard moments and build a life they want to return to.
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
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- 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
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LIMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Christina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real problems and clear steps forward. One common approach she uses helps people learn coping skills for anxiety and depression - teaching breathing, grounding, and simple behavior changes that reduce symptoms and make days more manageable. Another approach centers on trauma-informed work, which helps people process painful events safely and build strategies to feel less overwhelmed by triggers.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christina will talk with each person about their goals, what has and hasn't worked before, and personal preferences. Together they will try methods that feel appropriate and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy here offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill coaching, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to schedule sessions, stay consistent, and keep therapy working around daily life.
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