- Guilt and shame concerns
- End of life care support
- Low self esteem work
About Christina
Christina Balboni is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with eight years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and challenges tied to major life changes. Christina also lists focused areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and aging and geriatric concerns.
Christina draws on her lengthy experience in geriatric settings to support people dealing with loss and end of life transitions. She uses clear, direct conversation to help people name what’s happening and decide on practical next steps. Sessions tend to focus on manageable changes rather than sweeping plans.
Her approach is collaborative and conversational. She listens for how past experiences show up now, and helps people practice new ways of responding. Christina works with motivation and confidence issues by breaking tasks into small, doable actions and tracking progress together.
People facing grief or stress often get help organizing feelings and daily routines. For those coping with chronic illness or aging, she emphasizes realistic problem solving and emotional pacing. When attachment or abandonment themes appear, she helps identify patterns and offers ways to try different responses.
Her work aims to be straightforward and respectful. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session. She provides services in English from California and does not accept international clients.
How evidence-based approaches are used online
Christina works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people understand feelings and try practical changes. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with small behavioral experiments; this helps when anxiety, guilt, or low self-esteem get in the way of daily life. Another approach emphasizes problem solving and activity planning to rebuild motivation and structure, which can be useful for depression and coping with life changes.Finding the right way of working is part of therapy. Christina partners with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. She reviews progress and adjusts techniques so the work stays relevant and practical.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the profile does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten commute time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce barriers to attending from different locations. Licensed professionals can use video or phone in different ways to focus on conversation, skill practice, or follow-up between sessions depending on what works best for the person.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she support?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related issues like abandonment and attachment concerns.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
Christina uses clear conversation to help people name guilt and shame, see how those feelings affect behavior, and practice different ways of responding.
What is her professional background?
She has eight years of professional experience and over a decade working in geriatric settings, which informs her work with grief and end of life concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.