Christina Kohfield, LMFT

Christina Kohfield is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 22 years of experience supporting people through difficult life transitions and long-standing challenges. She offers an empathetic, strength-based approach that is tailored to each person - blending evidence-informed methods with a Christian-informed perspective for those who value spiritual context.

Christina works with a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addiction, relationship and family difficulties, grief, and issues around intimacy, eating, and sleeping. She also addresses stress, parenting, career concerns, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with major life changes. Her practice focuses on helping individuals build resilience, improve communication, confront shame and guilt, and rediscover purpose.

Her therapeutic stance emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where clients can explore attachment needs, personal values, and goals for growth. Christina draws from approaches such as attachment-based therapy, client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, and dialectical skills to help people manage symptoms and develop practical coping tools. As an LMFT, she brings specialized training in relational patterns and family dynamics to her work.

Christina aims to match therapy to each person’s values and background, helping clients move from feeling stuck toward meaningful, lasting change through collaborative and compassionate care.

Attachment, Client-Centered, and CBT Approaches for Online Care

Christina integrates attachment-based therapy, client-centered therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) into her online practice. Attachment-based therapy explores patterns in close relationships and how early bonds influence current trust, intimacy, and safety - it can be helpful for people struggling with abandonment, attachment issues, or relationship conflict. Client-centered therapy emphasizes the therapist's empathic listening and unconditional positive regard, creating a space for clients to clarify values, increase self-acceptance, and guide their own growth. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and learning practical skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Christina works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. This helps ensure therapy feels relevant and personally meaningful.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, maintain continuity of care during transitions, and access licensed professionals from many locations within California. The variety of formats allows people to choose what feels most comfortable and effective for their situation.