About Christina
Christina Tyhurst is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with ten years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, anger, trauma and self-esteem struggles. Christina focuses on practical skills that make daily life easier and more manageable.
Her approach is straightforward and skills-based. She uses techniques from attachment work, cognitive behavioral methods, and narrative practices to help people understand patterns and try new ways of responding.
How Christina works
Sessions emphasize clearer communication, emotional awareness, and manageable steps to change. Christina’s background includes work in school and clinical settings supporting children with autism, then supervising in applied behavior analysis programs. Over time she shifted toward helping adults build better relationships and life skills.
That history gives her a solid grasp of behavior change, parent coaching, and practical problem solving. In session she focuses on boundaries, assertiveness, emotion identification and regulation, anger management, and building healthier relationship habits. She also helps people make sense of how attachment styles and personal stories shape choices and reactions.
The work blends short-term problem solving with attention to longer patterns. Christina practices in California and conducts sessions in English. She offers several online formats so people can pick whatever works best for their schedule.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
Christina lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How attachment work, CBT, and narrative approaches translate online
Attachment-based work focuses on understanding patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape present reactions. Online sessions can help people notice these patterns, try new ways of connecting, and practice different responses in real time. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviors and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful routines; it works well for anxiety, mood issues, and stress. Narrative Therapy helps people retell their life stories to highlight strengths and alternative meanings, which can reduce shame and open up new choices.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust tactics based on what feels most helpful. That process is iterative and tailored to the person’s needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different routines. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone works well if bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone check in quickly, and messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still working toward meaningful change.
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