Christina Kodjiku

Christina Kodjiku is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 24 years of experience in behavioral health. She offers a calm, practical style that helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, anger, relationship strain, and other life changes take the next step toward feeling better. Christina explains options clearly and works alongside each person to make a plan that fits their life.

She uses a client-centered approach that starts with building a trusting relationship. Christina draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to help people break unhelpful patterns and set achievable goals. Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are woven in to support coping and present-moment awareness.

Christina has experience across a range of challenges, including trauma and abuse, substance-use concerns, caregiver stress, postpartum depression, and issues related to identity and multicultural backgrounds. She has worked with veterans and people experiencing housing instability, bringing practical support into sessions alongside psychological work.

Sessions focus on identifying what matters to each person, learning skills that make daily life easier, and practicing new ways of responding to difficult emotions. Christina emphasizes collaboration - clients and therapist set the agenda together and measure progress over time.

She provides services from Ohio and speaks English. International clients may be accepted. Before scheduling, readers should confirm current session options and formats during the intake process.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small, meaningful steps toward them. In practice this means naming what matters, noticing painful thoughts, and choosing actions that match those values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with everyday experiments to change behaviors that increase stress or low mood. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational approach that supports readiness for change by exploring ambivalence and building on a person's own reasons to act.

Choosing the right method is part of the work itself. Christina approaches therapy collaboratively and will help clients decide which techniques fit best for their goals and daily life. She often blends elements from different approaches to match changing needs during therapy.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options when you sign up. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, cut travel time, and use shorter check-ins when days are tight. Many people find that working with a licensed professional remotely helps them practice skills in real life between sessions and keeps momentum when facing stress, grief, addiction, or anger issues.