- Grief and loss
- Geriatric experience
- Self-esteem work
About Christina
Christina Balboni is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California with eight years of professional experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Christina draws on long experience in the geriatric field and often supports those facing loss and end of life concerns.
She uses straightforward conversation to identify immediate needs and practical next steps. Sessions focus on coping strategies, rebuilding motivation, and improving confidence. Christina describes working together on concrete skills and small changes that can make daily life easier.
Her background includes more than a decade of work with older adults, so she is familiar with aging and geriatric issues and related concerns such as chronic illness and coping with loss. She also has experience with attachment and relationship patterns, codependency, body image, and personality-related difficulties when these affect daily functioning.
Christina adapts sessions to each person’s situation while keeping goals clear and manageable. She aims to make the work readable and practical rather than abstract. People who want help sorting through what comes next after a job change, a health event, or the end of a relationship will find a focus on getting unstuck and building steady routines.
Sessions are conducted in English and Christina does not work with international clients. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and to schedule an initial session to begin the process.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Christina works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach is problem-focused work that breaks larger issues into smaller, actionable steps to reduce stress and increase motivation. This helps when someone feels directionless after a life change and wants clear next steps.Another approach is grief-focused coping, which looks at routines, memory, and manageable tasks to make daily life steadier after loss. For people facing chronic illness or aging concerns, sessions can center on planning, symptom coping, and pacing activities to preserve energy.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Christina treats the selection as a collaborative process, discussing the client's goals and preferences and adjusting methods over time. She helps prioritize what feels most urgent and what can wait, so the plan matches the client's situation.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use video or phone choices that fit their bandwidth, schedule, and comfort while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness, body image, and attachment-related concerns.
How would she approach someone feeling stuck?
She uses direct conversation to identify practical steps and coping strategies. The focus is on small, manageable changes to improve day-to-day functioning.
What is her professional background?
She has eight years of clinical experience and over a decade working in the geriatric field. That background informs her work with loss and aging-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
Christina is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California. Sessions are offered from her California practice.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Will she see clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Confirm specific pricing during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That starts the process of setting goals and planning next steps.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.