Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
How Christine works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California, Nevada
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Christine
Christine Paulsen is a licensed clinical social worker with four years of practice in California. She focuses on clear, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and life changes. Christine helps with relationship and intimacy questions, identity and LGBT matters, and struggles with anger and impulse control.
She uses straightforward conversation to identify what is most helpful. Christine listens for patterns that get in the way and offers practical steps to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to the person’s needs rather than following a fixed agenda. People often come for help with grief, trauma, addiction, self-esteem, or career stress. She also supports clients dealing with family problems, parenting strain, and complicated feelings like guilt, shame, or jealousy.
Christine has experience addressing mood disorders such as depression, bipolar, and ADHD-related challenges. Her work includes attention to sexual identity and alternative sex cultures, including BDSM and kink, and to issues like body image and gender dysphoria. Christine pays close attention to how family of origin and past relationships shape current reactions and choices.
Her approach is practical and person-centered. She will tailor conversation and a plan to each person’s situation. Christine emphasizes small, doable changes that add up to clearer thinking and better emotional control.
What Christine works with
Everything Christine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Christine's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Christine uses evidence-based techniques that focus on helping people change unhelpful patterns and manage difficult emotions. One helpful approach emphasizes identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, then testing different ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach concentrates on building emotional awareness and learning skills to tolerate strong feelings, which can be useful for anger, trauma reactions, and relationship strain.Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past. Together they will try methods that match those needs and adjust plans as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit a busy life. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a better option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat allow frequent touchpoints between longer sessions and flexibility for different schedules.
Questions people ask about Christine
What concerns does Christine commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD-related struggles, grief, trauma, addictions, and anger. She also helps with relationship and intimacy questions and identity-related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative. She listens for patterns, offers clear steps to try between sessions, and adapts the pace to the individual's needs.
What level of experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience providing clinical social work services in California.
Which credentials and region apply to her practice?
She holds the LCSW credential and practices in California with licensure noted as CA LCSW and NV LCSW.
What languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are offered?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for therapy with her?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.