I offer a safe, supportive environment and the guidance to help you heal and resolve difficult issues. Here are some of the types of services I provide:

• Couples counseling -(rigid conflict, affair recovery, lack of intimacy,...)
• Stepcoupling/Blended family (support, education, couple and family process)
  
• Children -(techniques inspired by Jean Houston and Violet Oaklander)
  
• teen/adolescent  counseling -(depression, trauma recovery, coping w/ parent's divorce, adulthood transition,..)
• Job loss/transition - (turning job loss into an opportunity for growth)
  
• Depression - (changing negative thought patterns, using mindfulness,..)
• Pre-marital counseling - (tools for cultivating intimacy & harmony & avoiding pitfalls,...)
• Divorce/co-parenting counseling- (grief work, learning to nurture yourselves & your children & keep the peace)
• Parenting education- (from babies to teens and adult children)
• Addiction recovery - (alcohol, drugs, sex, internet porn, food, gambling..)
• Eating disorder recovery (adolescents and adults)
• Life transitions - (help with empty nest, serious illness, aging, seeking meaning in life,..)
• LGBT Issues - (coming out, family planning, career planning,..)
• Grief/loss - (death of loved one, divorce,..)
• Anxiety - (including OCD, panic disorder, agoraphobia,..)
• PTSD/Trauma recovery - (car accidents, abuse, rape, assault, war,..)
• Domestic/partner violence - (physical, sexual, verbal, emotional)
• Child abuse recovery - (physical, sexual, verbal, emotional)
  
  Christine Dufond, MA, MFT Intern #61172
  Individual, Couple, Family, and Child Therapist
  Direct line: (707)483-823
• christinedufond@hotmail.com

License info: I am a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern (#6172) working towards my 3000 hours for licensure under the supervision of Linda Collett, licensed MFT #45886. I have 3 years of experience working as a Marriage and Family Therapist intern/trainee with individuals, couples, families, and children.