Christina Van Winkle, LMFT

Christina Van Winkle is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with eight years of clinical experience working with children, teens, young adults, families, and couples. She offers individualized care that adapts to each person or family's needs, drawing on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address concerns such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, family dynamic challenges, stress, anger management, self-love, and sleep difficulties.

Christina also supports skill building and goal setting, helping clients develop practical tools to manage symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. Her work includes attention to attachment issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, panic disorder and panic attacks, and social anxiety or phobia. She tailors the pace and focus of sessions to what a client brings into therapy, prioritizing strategies that match individual goals and circumstances.

As a clinician licensed in California, Christina combines compassionate listening with structured interventions to support growth and coping. She aims to create a collaborative therapeutic relationship and looks forward to working with prospective clients who are ready to begin that process.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Therapy

Christina often integrates trauma-informed therapy, which focuses on understanding how past traumatic experiences affect current thoughts, feelings, and behavior and helps clients develop coping strategies to reduce distress. This approach is useful for those experiencing post-traumatic stress, panic, or intense reactions related to past events.

She also uses family systems work to explore patterns within relationships, helping families and couples identify interaction styles that contribute to conflict or disconnection and build healthier communication and boundaries. Additionally, Christina employs skills-based interventions that emphasize practical techniques for managing anxiety, improving sleep, regulating emotions, and meeting personal goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Christina collaborates with each person to determine which techniques best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage with licensed professionals, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, continue care during life transitions, and access support from home while working with a therapist trained in evidence-based methods.