About Christine
Christine Rodriguez is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people untangle relationship and intimacy problems. She works with individuals and partners who feel stuck around communication, sex, jealousy, or after an affair. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at small changes that improve day-to-day connection.
She uses clear tools to change patterns that keep people distant. That can mean learning different ways to talk, practicing new habits that build trust, or examining how past attachment experiences affect current reactions.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small steps you can try between meetings. Christine blends approaches that focus on emotions, behavior, and relationship skills. That mix helps when problems are about hurt feelings, unhelpful thoughts, or breakdowns in communication.
She also brings attention to sexual concerns and non-traditional relationship styles when they are part of the issue. She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California and holds a California LCSW license, CA LCSW 100447. Christine has four years of clinical experience working with people on relationships, intimacy, stress, anxiety, and trauma-related concerns.
In sessions she aims to be practical and collaborative. Clients can expect a combination of talk, skill practice, and homework geared to their goals. The focus is on making relationships feel safer, more satisfying, and more honest.
How relational and evidence-based approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy helps people see how early connection patterns shape current relationships and reactions. It looks at how fear of rejection or distance shows up in fights or withdrawal and helps clients practice new, gentler ways of relating. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on the feelings beneath conflict and teaches partners or individuals how to express needs so closeness can return. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and teaches concrete strategies to reduce anxiety and change behavior patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Christine will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. That choice can shift over time as new issues surface or as clients try different tools together.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, and text messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for couples work and emotion-focused exercises. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option for focused conversations. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, between-session coaching, or when clients prefer writing to speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English