Karuna Counseling

Translated from Sanskrit, Karuna करुणः means compassion, mercy, & longing for deeper meaning

Christina Estrada, LPC, LMHC

Christine (she/her) is a seasoned mental health professional licensed in Washington and Oregon. She uses evidence-based modalities + a strength base approach. She’s been providing compassionate individual therapy since 2010. She specializes in trauma-informed care.

Licensed Professional Counselor (OR) # C4775
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (WA) # LH61210334

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Experience

Christine has worked in diverse settings. She was a therapist in residential treatment facilities working with individuals stepping down from the state hospital, she’s also worked in prisons, and now in private practice.

Personal Investment

Christine likes to know about the individuality of each person. She loves getting to know people, their cultures, what makes them tick, and brings them joy. She celebrates clients’ growth over time. She works with a variety of different learning styles. She likes to bring her creative, out of the box thinking to therapy. She specializes in designing therapy around the person’s unique needs.

Compassion

Christine is nonjudgmental, and accepts who her clients are, from all walks of life. She’s empathetic & wants her clients to live their best life. Karuna means we’ve all experienced struggles in our life and they don’t become weaknesses but make us strong how we are. We can grow and heal.

Services

Individual
Therapy

Immigration
Evaluations

Gender-Affirming
Care Letters

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Supervision for Associates

Our Approaches

CBT

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured, goal-oriented approach designed to address various mental health challenges by modifying negative thought patterns and the behaviors that follow them.

Schema Therapy

Schema therapy is a transformative therapeutic approach focused on identifying and altering deep-seated patterns, or "schemas," that have developed from childhood experiences and influence current behavior.

DBT

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a structured therapeutic approach that integrates cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness and acceptance strategies to help individuals manage emotional dysregulation and improve interpersonal relationships.

Inclusive

Inclusivity in therapy fosters an environment where all individuals can engage openly, enhancing the therapeutic alliance. By acknowledging and valuing diverse identities, therapists create tailored interventions that resonate, ensuring a comprehensive approach to healing and personal growth.

Assessment & Letters of Support

We do assessments for immigration evaluations + we write letters for gender-affirmation surgeries for trans individuals.

Multicultual

Multicultural counseling theory emphasizes the importance of understanding clients' diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences, recognizing that these factors significantly influence their perspectives on mental health. This approach is essential for fostering effective therapeutic relationships and providing more tailored, relevant interventions that resonate with clients' unique identities.

People & issues I work with:

Latinx & POC

I value working with people of color and have lived experience with Latinx cultural issues. It helps to have a therapist who understands systemic racism and minority stress.

Autism Spectrum & ADHD

If you’re a little “neurospicy”, we’ll get along. I have a soft spot in my heart for working with the neurodivergent. We can grapple with all that entails for you and find some calm in the storm.

Teens & Young Adults

I work with teens and young adults on the issues they face, including individuation, family of origin strife, identity exploration, and learning how to manage life tasks and their related anxiety.

Immigration Evaluations

We do Extreme Hardship Waivers, Asylum Cases, VAWA cases and U Visa cases.

Trauma

Whether it’s big T or little t trauma, we can explore the cause and the solution together. I have a variety of coping skills to share as we unpack the issues surrounding your past and journey into a better future.

LGBTQ+

I delight in working with queer community members and love to explore these identities and their related challenges with clients.

Education

2008 | MA, Counseling Psychology | George Fox University

Training

Extensive TIST: Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, with Janina Fisher
Supervision training
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Professional: CDBT
Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist

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Paying for Therapy

Christine takes several insurances:
- BCBS
- Optum
- United Health Care (UHC)
- Moda
- Aetna
- Pacific Source
- Providence (Optum)
- Cigna
- Care of Oregon
- Kaiser NW
- Trillium
I do have sliding scale spots available, please email me for more information!
I contract with Mindful Therapy Group. For more information, please visit their website.

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Scope of Practice

All therapists have things they’re great at, and we all have things we’re not so great at.

We’re ethically bound to not work outside of our scope of practice, which means we’ve had training and supervision in this area.

I’m not the best therapist for those with disordered eating, substance abuse concerns, domestic violence cases, or mandated therapy.

If you are in a domestic violence situation, please reach out for help: Call the 24/7 National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 for information or for someone to talk to anytime.

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