Therapist profile
Christina Kohfield, LMFT
LMFT in California - family and parenting focus
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- Attachment work
- CBT strategies
- Emotion skills
About Christina
Christina Kohfield is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 22 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and a wide range of life changes. Christina lists family and parenting among her focus areas and also helps with addictions, grief, intimacy concerns, and career-related strain.
She uses a client-centered stance that keeps conversations clear and practical. Sessions often include attention to attachment patterns and how early relationships affect current conflict and closeness. Cognitive behavioral and dialectical strategies are used to identify unhelpful thinking, build coping skills, and manage intense emotions.
Christina reports experience with issues such as social anxiety, guilt, shame, panic, communication problems, and codependency. She also notes work with caregiver stress, chronic health challenges, and substance-related concerns. Her practice includes attention to aging and relationship transitions that affect everyday life.
Christina describes a Christian-informed perspective and says she pays attention to clients' values when discussing goals and decisions. She aims to help people strengthen practical skills, improve communication, and address patterns that keep them stuck.
Sessions are geared toward adults who want straightforward support for parenting strain, relationship conflict, or personal change. To begin, readers are directed to the site's online options to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule an initial meeting.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Christina uses attachment-based ideas and client-centered practice to focus on relationship patterns and what matters to the client. Attachment-based work looks at how past relationships shape trust and conflict today and can help with intimacy, communication, and parenting stress. Client-centered work keeps the conversation focused on the client's goals and values, supporting clear decision making and problem solving.She also draws on cognitive behavioral approaches to spot and change thinking patterns that increase anxiety or low mood. CBT offers concrete skills for managing panic, depressive thoughts, and daily routines. Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process; Christina will help clients and therapist collaboratively decide which approaches fit their needs and goals as therapy progresses.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or reduce travel time. Many adults find that remote sessions help sustain regular appointments around parenting or work demands, and Christina adapts tools and exercises to practical day-to-day life.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with related to home life?
She helps adults with parenting stress, communication problems, relationship strain, grief, and intimacy-related issues.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her work is client-centered with attention to attachment patterns and practical CBT and DBT techniques for coping and emotion regulation.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of concerns including trauma, anxiety, and addiction.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) licensed in California.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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