Christine Whittaker
Practical, relationship-focused therapy with clarity
LMFT Florida
- Experience
- 11 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Christine
Christine Whittaker is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 11 years of clinical experience. She works from Florida and helps people find clear steps out of anxiety, confusion, and stuck patterns.
Background and approach
Her work focuses on practical change and rebuilding confidence in daily life. She uses a relational, nonjudgmental style.
Sessions are grounded in empathy and straightforward communication. Christine aims to help people notice the patterns that get in the way and practice simple ways to change them.
Christine draws on several therapy approaches to meet a person’s needs, selecting methods that fit each situation. She often blends cognitive-behavioral ideas with acceptance-based and emotionally focused work.
The Gottman Method is part of her approach when relationship issues are central. Her background includes work with relationship distress, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, and stress-related difficulties.
She also addresses topics like self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, and identity concerns within LGBT experience. Additional focus areas include attachment, adoption and foster care, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and communication problems.
Christine offers both short-term problem-focused work and longer-term support to rebuild skills and confidence. She encourages practical steps, clearer communication, and realistic goals that fit daily life.
People who want direct feedback and a collaborative plan tend to find her approach helpful.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Christine integrates the Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Client-Centered Therapy into online work. The Gottman Method helps people improve communication and manage recurring conflicts in relationships through clear skills and exercises. ACT focuses on identifying values and taking committed action even when hard feelings are present, which can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy, helping people feel heard while they find their own solutions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will work with the client to clarify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust work over time. That means therapy can shift to more skills practice, values-focused work, or deeper emotional processing depending on how the client responds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face skill practice and couples work, phone sessions can fit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth needs, and chat or messaging supports quick check-ins, homework exchanges, and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options allow sessions to fit into workdays, caregiving schedules, or when travel is a barrier.
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Experience
11+ years
Licensed in
Florida, North Carolina
Languages
English