Christine Piddington

Christine Piddington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 11 years of experience. She focuses on grief and end-of-life concerns shaped by her time as a hospice social worker. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, addiction, and relationship or parenting strains.

Her counseling style is direct and practical. She helps people name what feels hardest and find steps that bring relief. Sessions often look at coping skills, communication patterns, and choices that match the client's values and priorities.

Her background includes two years in the Peace Corps in Belize advocating for people living with HIV/AIDS. That work, and her time in hospital and prison settings, inform her advocacy for clients navigating disability leave or housing needs such as Emotional Support Animals. These experiences give her a grounded view of systems that affect daily life.

She has spent the past 7.5 years providing remote care to people across California. While currently based in Alaska and pursuing licensure there, she holds an active California LCSW and continues offering services tied to that license.

Christine centers the client's own expertise about their life. She aims to create clear steps and real-world solutions, while also making space for grief, meaning, and the hard questions that come with major life changes.

Approaches that guide online care

Christine uses Existential Therapy to help people examine meaning, values, and the big questions that follow loss or life transitions. That work often looks at what matters most now and how to live in line with personal values.

She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small, practical steps that produce change. This approach aims to build on what already works and set clear, achievable goals for everyday life.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Christine will talk with clients about their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods as the work unfolds. This collaborative process helps match the therapy style to what a person wants to accomplish.

For practical matters, confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also support ongoing work through life changes and during periods of caregiving or medical appointments.