Christine Piddington, LCSW
Practical, compassionate support for life transitions
Book with ChristineWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Christine works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Christine
Christine Piddington is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience helping people through major life challenges. She uses straightforward talk and practical steps to help clients manage stress, anxiety, anger, grief, and depression. Her work with grief and loss grew from years as a hospice social worker.
That background shaped how she listens and how she helps people make sense of painful changes. She also has experience in hospital and prison settings which informs her understanding of complicated situations.
Background and approach
Christine spent two years in the Peace Corps in Belize advocating for people with HIV/AIDS, and she has a strong history of client advocacy. That experience includes supporting people through workplace disability leave and navigating requests for emotional support animals in housing. For the past 7.5 years Christine has offered remote sessions to people across California.
She focuses on practical coping strategies for family conflict, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, parenting stress, and self-esteem challenges. Anger management is one area she addresses alongside these issues. Her style is collaborative and respectful.
She treats each person as the expert on their life and helps map out small steps toward clearer goals. People who want direct guidance and down-to-earth support may find her approach helpful.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christine lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online care
Existential Therapy helps people face big questions about meaning, choice, and identity. Christine uses it to help clients name their values, make sense of major losses, and decide what matters in the next chapter of life.Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, concrete changes that move you toward goals. Sessions focus on strengths, what is already working, and short-term steps to reduce stress, manage anger, and improve relationships.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Christine works collaboratively to match methods to each person's needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adapts strategies when something isn't helping.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical access. Video calls let you use visual cues and longer conversation time. Phone sessions can work well with lower bandwidth or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coping tools, and support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and varied schedules.
Questions people ask about Christine
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, relationship and parenting challenges, addiction issues, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
She blends existential and solution-focused approaches, focusing on meaning, values, and practical steps to reach clear goals.
What is her background and experience?
She has 11 years of clinical experience, including hospice social work, hospital and prison settings, and two years in the Peace Corps advocating for people with HIV/AIDS.
What credentials and region does she hold?
She is a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - and maintains practice in California while pursuing additional licensure elsewhere.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.