Christina TyhurstLCSW

Christina Tyhurst is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in California with ten years of professional experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting pressures, anger, trauma, and life changes. She also supports concerns around postpartum depression, self-esteem, workplace strain, and young adult transitions.

Christina uses clear, practical work in sessions. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current relationships. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Narrative work helps people rewrite the stories they tell about themselves.

Her background includes work in school settings and applied behavior analysis programs serving children with autism. That early experience involved teaching daily living skills, behavior strategies, and supporting parents. Christina later moved into supervision, case management, and parent training while keeping a focus on strong, positive rapport with families.

Since 2017 she has focused on adult work. Typical session topics include boundaries, anger management, assertiveness, emotion identification and regulation, and choosing healthier relationship patterns. She often explores attachment style and personal narratives to guide change.

Christina approaches therapy as a collaborative process. She encourages people to find the right fit and acknowledges that reaching out takes courage. To begin, clients use the site Start Therapy flow to complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions based on her availability.

How Christina's approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds influence current connection. Online sessions can use conversation and reflective exercises to identify these patterns and try new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. In a remote session this often means setting simple homework, practicing skills between meetings, and reviewing progress together. Narrative Therapy helps clients reframe the stories they tell about themselves so they can make different choices and feel more agency in their lives.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try techniques that fit those needs. If something does not feel helpful, she will adjust the plan and try another way of working.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions from a convenient location. It can also let people schedule shorter check-ins or evening appointments that work around childcare or work. Licensed professionals can use remote meetings to teach skills, review behavioral experiments, and support parents navigating pregnancy, postpartum challenges, and early parenting without promising any particular outcome.