Therapist and Yoga practitioner.
Christina Sieren, LCSW provides a dynamic and integrative approach that individually customizes each service to the specific needs of each client.
Hey there, I’m Christina.
I’m sure this isn’t your first stop on your journey to help your teen.
I can almost bet you’ve either relentlessly searched for, and utilized different providers before, or you’re frantically trying to find help and resources, right now.
There’s a reason you’re here.
There’s a protectiveness that comes with being a parent. We want what’s best for our kids, yet sometimes what’s best, gets tangled with uncertainty, fear, and doubt.
Some days you’re treading water, and some days you find yourself drowning in hopelessness.
Since 2007, I’ve had the privilege of working with numerous high-risk adolescents, their caregivers, and their families. Therefore, I understand that parenting a high-risk teen is a unique journey that requires innovation and an out-of-the-box approach.
Specializations
Telehealth Appointments Offered
TEEN ANXIETY
I help adolescents break free from the hold anxiety has put on them and learn how to work with their anxiety, not against it. Teens will learn simple tools that are individualized to each person and can be used in a variety of settings.
SELF-HARM
When we connect with the existing fears that self-harming presents for teens, it supports us to broaden our perspective. We see the bigger picture of what self-harming is because we understand that it’s about managing really big feelings.
SUICIDE
Overcoming suicidal thoughts can feel like an uphill battle, but it doesn’t have to be. I help teens learn how to take one small step at a time, and how to let go of those negative messages that barricade confidence, courage, and hope.
TRAUMA
Clients are often surprised that an experience can have such a profound impact. Adolescents are provided with the resources to work within their physical bodies and confidently navigate the stresses that trauma creates.
Therapy Approaches
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a therapy model that examines thinking patterns and helps clients change distorted thinking patterns. CBT is helpful in treating anxiety disorders and depression.
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is an evidenced-based therapy approach that connects cognitive and behavioral therapies. It’s often used to address high-risk behaviors including self-harming and other impulsive behaviors.
SEEKING SAFETY
Seeking Safety is an evidence-based model that treats trauma and/or addictions. Seeking Safety helps clients focus on the present moment through teaching different coping skills that help clients attain safety.
YOGA
The experience of practicing yoga is an invitation to witness and experience the shifting sensations in our body. It is through this introspection that we connect the mind, body, and soul creating greater balance and awareness.
Therapy Packages
SINGLE SESSIONS
50-Minute Weekly Sessions
Processing and Skills-Based Approaches
Each session is uniquely individualized and tailored to support the specific needs of each client.
Single Sessions support clients who need longer-term care and experience moderate to severe mental health symptoms that impact their day-to-day routine.
PREVENTION
Seven, 50-Minute Weekly or Bi-Weekly Sessions
Tools-Based and Coping Skills
Sessions are specifically focused on reducing risk factors, increasing resources, and building foundational skills.
This package is great for individuals who aren’t experiencing moderate to severe mental health symptoms, yet want to learn different skills that will be essential to long-term growth.
4-WEEK TRANSITION
Four, 50-Minute Weekly Sessions
Case Management and Coordination of Care
Supports clients and caregivers transitioning from a higher level of care into outpatient services.
Not sure what to do after residential treatment or completion at an intensive outpatient setting? Let me help you address and coordinate next steps, so that the progress made continues to evolve.
What’s Included
therapy packages are designed to give you more than just a therapy hour. They’re an investment in your teen’s growth and the overall health of your family. From personalized support to regular progress updates, each package is built to add lasting value, while ensuring your equipped and empowered at every step.
Treatment Summary
After our 75-Minute Initial Consultation and Evaluation Session, you’ll receive a Treatment Summary. This document addresses what brought you to therapy, a working diagnosis, initial treatment goal(s), the anticipated time of treatment, and recommendations and referrals. The Treatment Summary will guide and support the course of therapy.
5 Myths That Mainstream Parenting Has Tried to Feed You
An educational resource that addresses 5 of the most common parenting myths. This video series is an invitation to curiously dissect common parenting myths and question the inherent layers of what each myth may be communicating, but also how it influences your parenting.
Welcome Packet
Among other goodies, one item you’ll receive is a Therapy Guidebook. This 16-page Guidebook is supplemental to therapy and shares information regarding a mix-and-match of ten theories, skills and resources I teach most often to clients during therapy.
Roadmap Experience
With communication at the foundation of our therapeutic relationship, my goal is to ensure that you have an experience that is both deeply personal and simplified from start to finish. For that reason, I take pride in outlining in detail what you can expect at every stage of therapy. This way you can focus on your treatment goals and not have to worry about what needs to happen next.
After-Session Summaries
After each session, you will receive an email with a Summary of Practices taught in session. The Summary of Practices is more than a list of skills, it also provides a brief explanation of what each practice is, how this practice can support treatment goals, and how to use and implement the skill outside of therapy.
Clinical Dashboard
The Clinical Dashboard is a way to visually observe treatment progress from start to finish. You will receive an updated dashboard after each session showing treatment goals and progress, in addition to a summary of skills and resources addressed during session.
The Clinical Dashboard is a supplemental tool to therapy and supports both clients and caregivers to feel up-to-date on therapy, but also creates organization around treatment goals, treatment skills and how to implement therapeutic tools between sessions.
24/7 Support and Small Caseload
With 24/7 access we can easily schedule a phone call and as needed, schedule a session if a crisis were to arise.
I intentionally carry a small caseload. This allows me to provide the best therapeutic care for each individual client and family I work with, ensuring that I’m meeting your individual needs and can address your questions and concerns within 24-48 hours.
Monday Morning Weekly Check-Ins
This email is an opportunity for caregivers to share observations and will have 5 sections addressing 1) between session updates and observations you’d like to share, 2) changes such as medication updates or school-related meetings, 3) questions you have at this time, and 4) an observed success and current challenge, and 5) the option to schedule a call with me.
Post-Therapy
Once the therapeutic relationship terminates, the Post Therapy phase begins. This stage is a period of integration and continued self-growth, where you’ll receive How to Maintain Progress Now that Therapy has Ended, a series of 4 emails that will cover termination factors, maintenance and prevention tips, and questions to help support continued progress now that therapy has ended.