About Christian
Christian Jacobs is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. He meets people where they are and aims to make next steps feel clear and manageable. Christian frames therapy as practical work rather than a list of labels.
He uses conversation to identify what feels stuck and what matters most to the client. Sessions focus on concrete skills and small shifts that build confidence and reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
Christian explains options plainly and adapts the pace to each person. Christian draws from cognitive behavioral ideas to spot thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going. He also uses client-centered methods to follow the client's priorities and support their autonomy.
When needed, he brings in mindfulness and DBT strategies to manage intense emotions and build steady routines. Many people come for help with parenting stress, career strain, grief, or issues with intimacy and trust. He also supports clients coping with addiction, chronic illness, sleep problems, anger, ADHD, and trauma reactions.
Christian attends to how these struggles affect daily life and goal progress. With nine years of experience, Christian aims for respectful, down-to-earth work. He explains options, sets realistic steps, and checks in about what is or isn't helping.
The goal is to leave therapy with clearer choices and more dependable tools.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Christian blends client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people make changes that matter. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, understanding priorities, and shaping sessions around what the client wants to work on. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and improve mood.He also uses dialectical behavior therapy strategies when emotions feel overwhelming. DBT-style skills teach ways to tolerate distress, manage strong feelings, and improve communication in high-stress moments. The therapist and client decide together which approaches fit the goals and situation, and that choice can change as progress is made.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit brief check-ins or on-the-go support. These formats give flexibility while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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