Christine Rodriguez, LCSW

Christine Rodriguez, LCSW, helps people who want closer, more satisfying relationships and sex lives. She focuses on connection, communication, and rebuilding trust after affairs or breaches. Her style is direct and practical, with straightforward tools couples can use between sessions.

Christine listens for the patterns that cause repeated conflict. She helps partners learn ways to speak clearly and listen that increase understanding. When sexual difficulties are part of the problem, she addresses intimacy and practical steps to improve connection without judgment.

Her work blends relational and evidence-based approaches. Sessions often include skills practice, emotion-focused conversations, and attention to how the body and feelings interact. Clients leave with simple, doable tools to try at home between meetings.

Christine trained at the University of Southern California where she earned a Master of Social Work degree in 2017. She also completed a Sexual Health Certificate Program in Sex Therapy and Sex Education at the University of Michigan in 2024. She has four years of clinical experience working with individuals and couples on relationship and sexual concerns.

People describe her approach as collaborative and goal oriented. She helps clients set clear steps and checks progress each visit. If you want to improve communication, address intimacy, or work through trust and sexual issues, she offers practical guidance to move forward.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of closeness and distance in relationships. It helps partners understand how their needs and fears shape interactions and rebuilds confidence in each other. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep problems stuck and offers clear exercises to practice between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, helps partners identify and name core emotions and then use new responses to strengthen emotional bonds.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to emphasize emotional processing, skill practice, or a mix of methods based on what matters most to the client.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing more flexible scheduling. It can also allow shorter check-ins when that better fits a day, or let couples practice communication skills in a familiar setting. Licensed professionals will tailor the rhythm and tools of sessions so therapy fits each person's needs and routines.