Christina Harrison, LCSW

Christina Harrison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with nine years of professional experience and six earlier years working as a paraprofessional in addiction treatment. She supports people navigating stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, and challenges with self-esteem and motivation, offering clinical care for a wide range of life changes and relationship concerns.

Christina combines practical skills and empathic listening to help clients explore thoughts, feelings, and patterns that get in the way of well-being. She creates an open, nonjudgmental space where emotions and difficult memories can be named and worked through at a pace that feels manageable. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented, tailored to each person's needs whether the focus is coping with grief, improving communication in relationships, addressing substance use, or building healthier self-image.

Taking a first step toward therapy often requires courage, and Christina frames her role as a steady source of support through that process. She helps clients identify actionable strategies, develop new coping skills, and strengthen connections with themselves and others while honoring each person’s values and goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Convenience

Christina draws from attachment-based therapy to explore how early relationships influence current patterns of connection and trust. This approach helps people who struggle with abandonment, attachment issues, or repeated relationship difficulties understand and change how they relate to others.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathy, unconditional acceptance, and collaboration so clients lead the pace and focus of work. This method supports building self-esteem, emotional insight, and a stronger sense of agency. In addition, Christina integrates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors - a practical way to address anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process, and Christina works collaboratively with each person to determine what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts methods over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Online therapy offers flexibility to engage by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to access care from different locations within California. These options allow ongoing work between sessions and make starting or continuing therapy more convenient for many people.