Therapist profile
Christine Piddington, LCSW
California
LCSW - Grief and life transitions
Continue with ChristineWhere Christine stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, California / 69521
- NPI
- 1265953293
- Experience
- 11 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- Existential Therapy
- Solution-Focused work
- Grief and caregiver stress
About Christine
Christine Piddington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 11 years of professional experience. She focuses on grief and loss alongside a broad range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and relationship strain.
Christine draws on years spent as a hospice social worker to help people manage profound loss and the practical issues that follow. Her background includes work in prisons and hospitals, and two years in the Peace Corps advocating for people with HIV/AIDS. Those roles shaped how she supports people facing hardship and complex life changes.
Her approach is straightforward and pragmatic. She uses Existential Therapy to help people think about meaning, values, and choices when life feels uncertain. She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small, concrete steps people can try between sessions.
Christine has provided remote sessions across California for the last 7.5 years. She has experience helping with caregiver stress, burnout, coping with chronic illness, codependency concerns, and navigating disability leave or emotional support animal requests in housing contexts.
She emphasizes practical problem-solving along with reflective conversation. People who prefer clear goals and manageable steps often find this combination helpful. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online options button.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Existential Therapy helps people look at their values, meaning, and the choices they face when life feels unsettled. It often involves thoughtful conversation about what matters and what trade-offs someone is willing to accept.Solution-Focused Therapy zooms in on small, practical steps that can be tried right away. Sessions using this approach set clear, short-term goals and check which small changes made a difference between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then shape sessions together with the client. That collaborative process helps decide whether more reflective exploration or focused problem-solving is best at any given time.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so someone can use a work break or a quieter moment at home. Those practical benefits can help people keep therapy consistent while working on grief, boundary-setting, codependency concerns, caregiver stress, or anxiety.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and parenting issues, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She integrates Existential Therapy to look at meaning and values, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set concrete short-term goals.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 11 years of professional experience, including hospice social work and roles in hospitals and prisons.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and practices with a California license.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in this profile; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.