Thoughtful & Grounded
Born and raised in Ireland, Christine brings a strong appreciation for story, place, and intergenerational experience into her clinical work. This early grounding continues to shape her understanding of belonging, identity, and grief—particularly the quieter or less visible forms of loss that are often overlooked or misunderstood.
Much of Christine’s clinical focus includes grief in its many forms, including bereavement, family estrangement, infertility, chronic illness, and ambiguous loss. She also works with individuals experiencing strained or fractured family relationships, where pain is often layered, longstanding, and difficult to name. Christine approaches this work with nuance and care, avoiding simplistic narratives or pressure to resolve what may instead need to be understood and held.
Her therapeutic approach is relational, strengths-based, and informed by narrative therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Christine values thoughtful pacing, emotional safety, and ethical clarity.
Therapy is not focused on quick fixes, assigning blame, or reducing complex experiences into tidy explanations.
With multiple post-graduate certifications in areas such as grief and bereavement, infertility, perinatal mental health, and chronic illness support, her training deepens her ability to offer thoughtful, evidence-informed care tailored to complex loss, life transitions, and relational rupture. The work centers on understanding patterns, strengthening self-trust, and fostering resilience over time.
Christine works with adults seeking a steady, collaborative therapeutic relationship—one that respects complexity, honors lived experience, and balances insight with practical support. Many of the individuals she works with are caregivers, professionals, or people who have spent much of their lives being responsible for others and are now turning toward their own inner lives with greater intention.
She aims to provide a therapeutic space that feels grounded, humane, and respectful—where people can think, feel, and make meaning at their own pace.
Beyond her professional pursuits, she is an avid reader, a passion that took shape in young adulthood. She resides in Lancaster County with her husband and their golden retriever, and enjoys spending time with her children, grandchildren, cooking, exploring all Pennsylvania has to offer, and staying fit.