Christina LaBond
Relationship-focused clinical social worker
LCSW North Carolina
- Experience
- 8 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Christina
Christina LaBond is a licensed clinical social worker who combines relationship-focused methods with practical skills training. She centers the Gottman Method alongside cognitive and acceptance-based tools to help people improve connection and manage difficult emotions.
Background and approach
Christina presents a calm, straightforward style that aims to help people feel heard and able to try new ways of relating and coping. She earned a master's degree from the University of Southern California and has practiced in outpatient settings since 2014.
Christina has worked in community mental health, clinics, primary care, and court-related contexts, bringing a broad view of how emotional and practical challenges affect daily life. Her background includes running psychoeducational groups on trauma, depression, anxiety, and co-occurring substance use and mental health concerns.
Christina uses an eclectic, trauma-informed approach grounded in strengths. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based methods, and Client-Centered work to build skills for symptom management while focusing on personal strengths.
Sessions often mix skill practice, problem solving, and reflection on relationship patterns. Common issues she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addiction, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
She also supports people navigating identity and LGBT concerns, blended family dynamics, body image, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. Christina brings eight years of clinical experience as an NC LCSW in North Carolina.
She offers sessions in English using several online formats to fit different needs, and she works collaboratively with people to set goals and try approaches that match their life and values.
How relationship and ACT approaches work online
Christina often blends Gottman-informed approaches with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based techniques. The Gottman-influenced work focuses on patterns between partners, turning repeated conflicts into clearer communication and practical steps to rebuild trust. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and take action toward values-based goals even when feelings are strong. Attachment-Based methods look at how earlier connections shape current relationships and help people try new ways of relating.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan if something isn’t working. Clients and therapist work together to set concrete steps and practice skills between sessions so progress shows up in daily life.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when deeper interaction is helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, shorter coaching-style touches, or ongoing tracking between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and caregiving schedules while keeping the focus on relationship and coping work.
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Experience
8+ years
Licensed in
North Carolina
Languages
English