- ACT and CBT
- Attachment focus
- Guilt and shame
About Christina
Christina Mossaad is an AASW social worker with five years in therapeutic support. She works with stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, self esteem, motivation and coping with life changes. Christina also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue and issues around guilt and shame.
Christina starts by asking what matters most to the person in front of her. She treats the person as the expert in their own life. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings, not only talk in the room.
Her work draws on a mix of practical approaches. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours. She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions.
Christina helps people who are adjusting to big life changes and those feeling stuck by recurring worry or low self-worth. She offers tools for managing panic symptoms, addressing social anxiety, and working through body image or caregiver stress. She also talks with people who are carrying guilt or shame and want to make clearer choices about how to move forward.
Sessions are directed and collaborative. People can expect clear aims each week and small practical tasks between sessions. Christina explains options and supports people to decide what feels workable for them.
How her approaches work in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that reflect their values. It is useful for anxiety, rumination, and guilt that keeps someone from moving forward. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and testing unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavioural experiments to reduce symptoms like panic or social anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and can help with communication difficulties and persistent shame.Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the work. Christina will talk with the person about what they want to change and which methods fit their goals. She collaborates to try approaches and adjust them if something is not helping.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, or avoid travel time. Christina uses practical tools and homework in online sessions just as she would in person, helping people test new habits between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
Christina works with stress, anxiety, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes and compassion fatigue, among other areas such as guilt and shame.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses practical therapy methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours, and she explores how past attachments may affect current feelings.
What is her clinical background?
Christina has five years of direct therapeutic support experience and a broader 20-year professional background in related work.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is credentialed with the AASW and works in Australia.
Can I have sessions in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she see clients outside Australia?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and paid for?
Session cost varies with location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the 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.