Christine Goodstein, LCSW

Christine Goodstein is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience. She practices in Delaware and draws on long experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She speaks English and aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable.

Christine has helped people across many settings including healthcare, group homes, and schools. She also currently works in a prison setting. That variety means she has seen how common problems like low self-esteem, trauma, or trouble communicating affect daily life.

In sessions she treats the person, not just a list of symptoms. Christine listens for strengths you already use and looks for practical steps you can try between meetings. She encourages clients to name what matters and set small, achievable goals toward change.

Her work often focuses on issues tied to attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, and post-traumatic stress. She also supports people facing chronic illness or pain, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, impulsivity, and struggles with mood or self-harm thoughts.

Christine describes therapy as a joint process. She aims to empower people to make decisions that fit their life. To begin, she asks clients to share their story so she can match support to their goals.

How evidence-based techniques fit into online care

Christine draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people cope with symptoms and regain stability. One common approach she uses teaches practical coping skills for managing anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and stepwise problem solving to reduce overwhelm. These tools are helpful for day-to-day stress and moments of high anxiety.

Another approach centers on working through trauma-related responses and strengthening steady ways of relating. This involves naming patterns that repeat in relationships, noticing how past hurts shape current reactions, and practicing new ways of communicating and setting boundaries. That work aims to reduce reactivity and improve how people connect with others.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Christine works together with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, history, and comfort level. She adjusts methods as therapy progresses so the plan fits what is actually helping.

Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and letting people schedule appointments around work, school, or caregiving. They also allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and for sessions that suit quieter or lower-bandwidth situations without requiring in-person travel.