Christine Berberian , LMFT

Christine Berberian is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping women navigate stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life transitions. She works directly with people facing addictions, parenting strain, caregiving stress, and struggles with self-esteem or body image. Christine speaks plain, supportive language and aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable.

With 14 years of clinical experience in California, she adapts sessions to each person’s needs. Christine listens for patterns such as attachment wounds, abandonment fears, or communication gaps. She then helps clients try practical ways of responding differently in daily life.

Sessions often include problem-solving around work and money stress, managing mood shifts like depression or bipolar symptoms, and coping techniques for trauma, chronic illness, or compassion fatigue. She also addresses intimacy-related issues and eating concerns with direct, down-to-earth guidance.

Christine balances short-term coaching-style work with longer therapeutic conversation when needed. She helps set concrete goals, practices new skills in session, and supports people as they apply those skills between appointments.

Her approach is collaborative and respectful. Christine helps clients identify small, achievable steps and tracks progress over time. She aims to create a steady, practical path toward improved day-to-day functioning and well-being.

Approaches that inform online care

Christine draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer relationships. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful patterns in thoughts and behaviors, then practicing new ways of responding to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach centers on attachment and relationship dynamics, helping people understand how past hurts shape current intimacy and communication problems.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Christine will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that suit the client's needs, and adjust the plan over time. She involves clients in choosing strategies so the work fits their daily life and values.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video lets people work face-to-face for deeper conversation, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can provide a brief check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.