Christine Whittaker, LMFT
Therapist focused on practical change
Details
| Name | Christine Whittaker |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | Florida |
| Licensed in | Florida, North Carolina |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 11 |
About Christine
Christine Whittaker is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 11 years of experience helping people find clearer direction and more confidence. She focuses on practical steps people can use each day to reduce anxiety and move past feelings that keep them stuck. Christine aims to make sessions straightforward and constructive so clients notice change between meetings.
She uses calm, nonjudgmental listening to understand what matters to each person. Christine draws on Narrative therapy ideas to help people reframe the stories they tell about themselves.
Background and approach
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered approaches when they suit a person’s goals. Her background includes work with relationship concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges tied to identity such as LGBT issues. She also helps with parenting strains, career questions, body image, caregiving stress, and chronic illness.
Christine pays attention to how past experiences like abandonment, adoption, or attachment problems affect current patterns. Sessions cover practical skills for communication, problem solving, and emotional regulation. Christine often highlights small, achievable changes so people can build momentum.
She also supports conversations about intimacy, sexual preferences including BDSM and kink, and commitment or codependency issues when those arise. Christine combines a relational focus with straightforward tools such as cognitive-behavioral techniques and emotionally-focused work when helpful. She helps people and couples identify where breakdowns happened and tries to guide them toward clearer, healthier ways of relating.
The result is a collaborative focus on realistic next steps and measurable progress.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship issues among the things Christine works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Christine among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Christine among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Christine among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Christine among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Christine among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Christine among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Christine among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Christine among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Christine directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Christine directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative work and ACT fit into online therapy
Christine often uses Narrative Therapy to help people notice the stories they tell about themselves and to rethink unhelpful narratives. That approach can help with identity concerns, relationship patterns, and the impact of past events on present behavior.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to teach practical skills for accepting difficult feelings and committing to actions that align with personal values. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes.
Client-centered techniques are woven through sessions to keep the relationship supportive and focused on the client's priorities. Treatment choices are collaborative; she will work with each person to decide which approaches fit their goals and comfort level.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or text can fit into busy days or provide ongoing brief support. These options make it easier to maintain momentum and fit therapy into real life.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and self-esteem issues. Other focuses include trauma, grief, LGBT concerns, parenting strain, career questions, and intimacy-related problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is calm, relational, and practical. She listens without judgment and offers straightforward tools people can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 11 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has worked both online and in independent practice with individuals and couples.
Where is she based and licensed?
She practices from Florida and holds LMFT credentials in Florida and North Carolina.
Does she work in languages other than English or with clients abroad?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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