Christine Piddington

Christine Piddington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 11 years of experience helping people through loss, stress, and major life changes. She draws on a background in hospice social work to support those coping with grief and long-term illness. Christine emphasizes clear, straightforward care and respects each person's experience and strengths.

She has spent many years working in settings that shaped her practical approach, including hospice, hospitals, and prisons. Those roles gave her direct exposure to grief, chronic illness, and complex social needs. Earlier work in the Peace Corps in Belize included advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS, which informs her focus on client rights and access to resources.

Christine has provided remote therapy to people across California for over seven years. She helps with stress and anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, relationship struggles, parenting strain, anger, and self-esteem concerns. Grief and loss remain a central focus because of her hospice experience.

Her ways of working are practical and goal-oriented. She uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear steps toward change, and Existential Therapy to help people find meaning through difficult events. Sessions include problem-solving and space to reflect on values and life direction.

Christine also supports issues such as caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, body image, codependency, and ADHD-related challenges. She maintains a California license and communicates in English. People interested in starting therapy are invited to follow the site start process to match and schedule sessions.

Approaches that guide online care and meaning-focused change

Christine uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small, achievable steps that move people toward their goals. This approach focuses on practical change and helps with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, and coping with life transitions.

She also uses Existential Therapy to help people make sense of loss, big life questions, and changes in identity. This approach supports conversations about meaning, values, and how to live in line with what matters most.

Finding the right fit is collaborative. Christine works with each person to decide which approach, or mix of approaches, feels most useful based on goals and preferences. She treats therapy as a shared process and adjusts the plan as needs evolve.

Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people value online sessions because they can fit a check-in into a work break, avoid travel time, or choose a shorter phone check when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals can also use remote work to maintain consistency during life changes and to connect across distances without changing caregivers.