Christine Piddington, LCSW

Christine Piddington is a California-licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience. She focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that shape how people handle stress, loss, and major life changes. Her background includes hospice social work and advocacy work, which inform a direct, practical approach to difficult moments.

She spent years supporting people through grief and loss, and that experience shapes how she talks about mourning and recovery. Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on the next small steps someone can take. Christine uses plain language and listens for what you already know about your situation.

Her work also covers stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, parenting concerns, addiction, anger, and self-esteem. She can help people who are coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, workplace disability leave, and issues around body image or abandonment. She brings experience from hospital and prison settings to these conversations.

Christine spent two years in the Peace Corps in Belize advocating for people with HIV/AIDS, and she has practical experience arranging Emotional Support Animals and navigating housing-related needs. That advocacy background influences how she supports clients who need help with systems and paperwork.

She has provided remote-only therapy across California for the past 7.5 years and continues to hold an active California LCSW license. To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Christine draws on Existential Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to shape online work. Existential Therapy helps people examine their values, personal meaning, and the choices they face when life feels uncertain. It can be useful for grief, big life transitions, and questions about purpose.

Solution-Focused Therapy centers on practical steps and small changes that lead toward a preferred future. Sessions using this approach focus on strengths, what is already working, and achievable goals to reduce stress or improve daily habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christine will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences rather than imposing a single style. That collaborative process includes checking in and adapting strategies as progress is made.

Christine has offered remote therapy across California for several years. If you are interested in online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and help people stay consistent while juggling family or work commitments.