My name is Christine Dufond, and I am a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern working for Windows of Hope Counseling Center (www.windowsofhopecounseling.org) under the supervision Gary Henderson, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #7053. Windows of Hope Counseling Center is a non-profit counseling agency offering affordable counseling on a sliding fee scale to individuals, couples, families, and children. Windows of Hope has offices in Sonoma County, Sacramento County, and Placer County. I see clients in Sonoma County, at the Santa Rosa and Sebastopol locations. Here are the addresses of all of the Windows of Hope offices:

Sonoma County:  4527 Montgomery Dr. Suite F, Santa Rosa, CA 95409

                     820 Gravenstein Hwy. South, Suite 200 Sebastopol, CA 95472

Placer County:  420 Folsom Road Suite C, Roseville, CA 95678

           I work at the Santa Rosa and Sebastopol locations and offer both daytime and evening appointments. My emphasis and experience is in couples counseling and individual counseling for adults and adolescents. I have an emotionally focused-mindfulness based orientation. My focus throughout the counseling process is to provide my clients with the support, guidance, insight, and tools needed to sustain them on their unique path of healing and growth. My role as a counselor is to help you:  identify goals; heal/resolve/accept past wounds; align with your own innate strengths and abilities; and acquire new insights and skills to aid you on this journey.

         My approach to counseling is to guide my clients to the awareness that the difficulty they are experiencing can be replaced with growth. All they have to do is choose growth and stay committed to the process. All difficulty in life is an opportunity for growth. We just have to decide that we are ready to move on from a state of stagnancy, negativity or despair to state of actively striving for and achieving growth. I am continually in awe of the beauty that comes out of the struggle for my clients.  I believe that inside all of us is an innate ability to cultivate the gardens of our souls and our relationships and restore harmony and balance to our lives in a way we may have never thought possible. Sometimes we just need a safe, unbiased arena to really focus on what it is that our soul is trying to tell us. Then, with some gentle, unbiased guidance (and sometimes a few new skills/tools) we can free ourselves from our often unconsciously self-imposed limitations. The self-empowerment that comes from realizing that our own strengths, abilities, and inner light that can lead us to our soul's desire is a very liberating, healing experience.