About Christine
Christine Taber is a licensed clinical social worker in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and the strain of life changes. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier and clearer. Christine emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth approach that treats each person as the expert on their own life.
She offers supportive counseling that centers on what the client already knows and can do. Sessions look at small, realistic goals and use strengths the person already has.
Background and approach
Christine draws on Motivational Interviewing to boost motivation and Solution-Focused Therapy to find immediate, workable changes. Her background spans 16 years in clinical practice, working with mood difficulties, relationship strain, communication problems, and feelings of isolation or guilt. She also has experience addressing issues related to veterans and the armed forces.
That experience informs a practical, goal-focused style rather than a one-size-fits-all method. In sessions, Christine listens first and helps build a plan that fits daily life. She helps people work through forgiveness, manage shame, and repair communication patterns.
The work is collaborative and paced to what the person can handle. Clients can expect clear, simple tools and gentle encouragement to try different steps. Christine uses short-term strategies alongside longer conversations when needed.
The focus is on small, steady progress that fits the person’s routine and goals.
Therapeutic tools and how they work online
Christine uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change and to build momentum for action. This method focuses on gentle questions, identifying values, and turning small awareness into steps toward a goal. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to spot what already works and to build short-term strategies that make a difference quickly; it helps when people want concrete changes and clear next steps.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Christine works together with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative decision is revisited as progress is made so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are useful for fuller conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setup is needed. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions, do quick problem-solving, or have shorter touchpoints that fit a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while adapting to everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English