Christina Macnamara

Christina Macnamara is a licensed clinical social worker with 29 years of experience helping people manage major life transitions. She describes therapy as a partnership where the person’s goals guide each step. Christina writes plainly and focuses on practical ways to reduce overwhelming feelings and move forward.

She works with adults who are facing change from divorce, illness, loss, new jobs, or other life events. Sessions are meant to help process thoughts and feelings and find clearer steps for the next phase. Christina names coping with life changes among her key concerns.

Her approach is client-centered and solution-focused, with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools used when helpful. That means she listens first, then helps people identify small, concrete changes that can reduce distress. Conversations aim to be collaborative and down-to-earth.

Christina often helps with anxiety, depression, grief, parenting stresses, relationship challenges, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses issues like adoption and foster care, attachment and abandonment concerns, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. Her broad background supports work across many common life stresses.

Sessions focus on what the individual needs in the moment, whether that’s planning a next step, practicing new ways of thinking, or finding relief from intense emotions. Christina encourages honest, practical conversation and looks to build skills that fit everyday life.

How therapy approaches shape online sessions

Christina draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. CBT focuses on noticing unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing concrete skills to reduce anxiety and depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christina treats approach selection as a team effort, matching methods to each person’s goals and preferences. She adjusts tools over time so the plan fits the issue and the pace someone needs.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce commute time, and allow quicker check-ins between in-person visits. Some approaches adapt well to shorter, focused sessions while others use longer meetings for skills practice. Discussing how you prefer to meet is part of the first conversations, and Christina will help identify what works best for day-to-day life.