Christine Piddington

Christine Piddington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 11 years of practice. She offers a calm, down-to-earth approach that focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Christine emphasizes working through grief and loss, drawing on years of hospice social work and direct support for people facing serious life changes.

She uses Existential Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people make meaning and set achievable goals. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Christine helps clients break problems into small, manageable steps they can try between meetings.

Her background includes advocacy work in the Peace Corps in Belize and experience in hospital and prison settings. That work informs how she supports people dealing with illness, disability, caregiver stress, and end-of-life concerns. She also has experience helping people with Emotional Support Animal requests and workplace disability leave issues.

Christine has provided remote care across California for the past 7.5 years while maintaining a California license. She is currently pursuing licensure in Alaska but continues to hold her CA LCSW. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and parenting challenges, ADHD, and issues related to intellectual disability.

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She invites clients to describe their priorities, then sets short-term goals together. Christine aims to help people feel more capable, less overwhelmed, and better able to manage everyday demands.

How Existential and Solution-Focused Approaches Work Online

Existential Therapy helps people name what matters most and face difficult questions about purpose and loss. It is useful when life's changes or grief make daily living feel unclear. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, concrete steps and quick strategies to move toward specific goals. It is practical for stress, coping, and short-term problem solving.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Christine will talk with each person about their needs and goals, then suggest whether existential questions, solution-focused steps, or a mix of both makes the most sense. Together they set short-term goals and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Christine has provided remote care across California for several years, so she understands how therapy can fit into a busy life. Confirm the current session options before booking to learn which formats are available. Online work can make scheduling easier, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-in sessions when days are tight. It also makes it simpler to keep therapy going during life transitions while still focusing on practical, real-world changes.