Christina Kohfield

Christina Kohfield is a California-based licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 22 years of clinical experience. She offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or anger. Her work centers on clear, steady conversations that help clients make changes that matter in daily life.

Christina uses straightforward, person-focused methods to explore patterns that keep people stuck. She helps clients notice how relationships, attachment history, and thoughts shape behavior. Sessions often include skill building for managing strong emotions, improving communication, and coping with life transitions.

Her background includes long experience with trauma, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses career stress, parenting strain, and challenges tied to chronic illness and caregiving. Christina pays attention to both immediate coping needs and longer-term growth.

Christina draws on several therapeutic approaches, choosing tools to match each person’s goals. She blends client-centered listening with cognitive techniques and DBT-style skills work when helpful. Attachment-focused ideas guide how she looks at relationship patterns and emotional triggers.

Clients seeking help can expect practical steps alongside reflective conversation. Christina supports people working through shame, intimacy questions, self-esteem issues, and major life changes. She aims to help clients build resilience and clearer choices for healthier daily routines.

How Christina’s approaches translate to online work

Christina often draws on attachment-focused work, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral tools. Attachment-based ideas look at how early relationships shape current reactions and help people change patterns that cause conflict or isolation. Client-centered therapy emphasizes acceptance and listening so clients feel heard while deciding what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) offers clear strategies for spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or anger.

Choosing an approach is collaborative. Christina will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then recommend techniques to try. The plan can change over time based on what helps most, and sessions mix reflection with practical skill-building.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit work into busy days and to keep momentum between sessions. It can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and let people practice skills where they live. Confirm the therapist’s current session options before booking so you know which formats are available and how to schedule appointments.