About Christine
Christine Goodstein uses practical, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - and brings 13 years of professional experience to her work. Christine writes plainly and focuses on clear steps clients can use between sessions.
She has worked in a range of settings including healthcare, group homes, and schools, and currently provides services in a prison setting.
Background and approach
That varied background helps her relate to different life challenges and daily stresses. Christine believes clients are the experts on their own stories and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions focus on goals you set together.
Christine helps people notice patterns, try new ways of responding, and practice small changes that add up. She supports people coping with trauma and abuse by moving at a pace that feels manageable and by prioritizing safety and stability. Issues like low self-esteem, motivation struggles, and communication problems are addressed with straightforward strategies.
Christine also works with concerns connected to adoption and foster care, attachment issues, chronic illness, and mood disorders. She helps people who are dealing with financial stress, life transitions, or questions about purpose. Her approach is collaborative and respectful.
Christine encourages practical tools, honest conversation, and steady progress. She aims to empower people to take steps toward a more balanced life. If someone prefers direct, down-to-earth guidance, Christine offers that style in her sessions.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Christine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear strategies and real-world change. One common approach she uses breaks problems into concrete patterns and teaches skills to respond differently. This approach helps with anxiety, stress, and mood concerns by giving short practices to use during the week.Another approach she applies centers on processing difficult experiences at a manageable pace. It emphasizes safety, grounding exercises, and rebuilding trust in daily routines. This can be useful for people working through trauma, abuse, or attachment wounds.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christine will work with each person to choose and adjust methods based on goals, comfort level, and what feels helpful. Together they set aims and check progress so the work stays relevant and doable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and exercises. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins and people who prefer written communication. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives while still focusing on steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, Delaware, California
- Languages
- English