Christina Unruh, MSW, LCSW is a Behavioral Therapist who specializes in Skills-based therapy. Christina is aware that therapy is an investment of your time and resources and therefore her approach is very YOU centered. She will collaborate with you to prioritize problems so that you can see changes quickly and avoid becoming discouraged.
For longstanding issues, she is skilled at conceptualizing the origins of problem emotions and behaviors in terms of early childhood learning and experiences. She is adept at identifying and validating addictive family or chaotic family patterns and roles that may have contributed to ongoing painful circumstances. She is personally and professionally aware of the difficulties that arise in families, and she helps clients set personal limits and chart a new course. Her mission is always to help clients increase their capabilities to problem solve and cultivate their very own life worth living in the midst of the realities they face.
Christina possesses an excellent clinical background in community mental health and substance abuse treatment settings in which she has worked extensively with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. She utilizes:
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) to address thought patterns and beliefs that narrow the range of solutions and opportunities available to you as you deal with reality as it is.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to manage intense emotions and urges as well as change automatic reactions that make stressful situations worse.
Good therapy should accomplish much more than just the reduction of mental health symptoms. It should lead to relationships that work, a job with purpose and sustainability, and hope for the future.