Christine Penguino, LCSW, CSW

Christine Penguino is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with seven years of practice based in Georgia. She brings a direct, down-to-earth style and a sense of humor to sessions. Christine leans on practical strategies and clear goals while keeping therapy friendly and approachable.

She prefers a goal-directed approach that treats clients as partners in change. Christine helps people set small, measurable steps and often suggests short exercises to try between sessions. If an assigned task isn’t completed, she sees it as information to guide the next step rather than a failure.

Christine uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with acceptance-based and client-centered ideas to address anxiety, depression, and stress. She also draws on skills from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when those techniques match a person’s needs. Her work focuses on real-life problems like self-esteem, coping with life changes, grief, career concerns, and managing ADHD symptoms.

She is affirming of LGBT identities and knowledgeable about gender dysphoria and related issues. Christine is kink and BDSM lifestyle friendly and supports people in ethically non-monogamous relationships. She also has experience with adoption and foster care topics, attachment concerns, and neurodiversity including autism and ADHD.

Outside of the therapy room she enjoys sci-fi, art made from found objects, board games, gardening mishaps, and watching her small freshwater aquarium. That practical, playful side shows up in sessions as curiosity and a readiness to try things that help people move forward.

Approaches and how online work fits your life

Christine commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also part of her toolkit and focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action even with uncomfortable feelings. She also brings a client-centered attitude, offering a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person’s goals shape the work.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christine will listen to what matters most to you, suggest techniques that match those goals, and adjust strategies based on what helps. She encourages trying small experiments between sessions so progress can be measured and discussed together.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skills practice, phone sessions make it easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, parenting, or caregiving routines and to keep therapy consistent over time.