Christine Donaldson Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy · Mill Valley & Telehealth

Depth-Oriented & Somatic Therapy in Marin County, California.

A warm, collaborative space to understand yourself more deeply and create lasting change.

Now accepting · After-work & Sunday sessions

You feel like this

  • Anxious, wired, or quietly running on empty — even when the day looks fine on paper.
  • Stuck in your head with racing thoughts, self-criticism, or the loop of what-ifs you can't quiet down.
  • At a crossroads — grief, a career pivot, a relationship shift — and unsure what the next shape of your life wants to be.

But want to feel like this

  • A steadier inner baseline. Room to breathe. A body that isn't always braced for the next thing.
  • Clarity about what's actually yours to carry — and what you can finally set down.
  • A felt sense of coming home to yourself — more alive, more present, and more fulfilled.
Christine Donaldson, therapist in Mill Valley, California

Hi, I'm Christine.

I'm an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor practicing in Mill Valley and across California via telehealth. I work with adults — often overachieving professionals — navigating anxiety, burnout, functional depression, OCD, and the uncertainty of life's bigger transitions.

My approach is warm, integrative, and depth-oriented. We move at your pace. The goal is not just relief from symptoms, but a real, felt reconnection to the authentic, creative, embodied parts of you that have been waiting.

More About Me →
The Invitation

Why Therapy?

A few of the shifts the work makes possible, beyond symptom relief.

Understand yourself

Move beneath the symptoms to the beliefs and patterns underneath. Name what has been unnamed.

Regulate the nervous system

Learn to notice the body's signals and work with them, rather than push through or numb out.

Heal old patterns

Old survival strategies once kept you safe. Together we soften what is no longer needed.

Reconnect to yourself

Return to the creative, expressive, embodied parts of you that have been waiting underneath.

Navigate transitions

Meet grief, uncertainty, and the in-between with more steadiness and less self-abandonment.

Build a life that fits

Move from managing your life to actually inhabiting it — in a way that feels true.

The Office

A quiet, considered space in Mill Valley.

In-person sessions are held in a private, light-filled office on the water at 655 Redwood Highway. Comfortable, unhurried, and yours for the hour.

Interior of the therapy office with vintage leather chairs and a Persian rug
Sitting area with a blue velvet sofa and warm lamp lightThe office building on the water in Mill Valley, California
The Process

What happens in therapy?

Every session is tailored to what's alive for you. As an integrative therapist, I draw from multiple disciplines to meet you where you are — always trauma-informed, collaborative, and consensual.

Parts Work

Internal Family Systems, aka 'parts work,' is an evidence-based modality that involves getting to know different aspects of ourselves. Speaking to and from these parts creates stronger inner relationships and a deeper sense of Self. All parts are welcome.

Body-Based (Somatic) Insights

We may use mindfulness and somatic exploration to tap into the body's sensations and memories. The body can help bring unconscious material, emotions, and images into session and show us a strength-based path toward healing.

Exploration of Memories

Looking at the past can be painful, but it can also unlock agency and insight. We'll move through memory at your pace to understand how you became you — sometimes revisiting difficult times and exploring new outcomes.

Studying Patterns

Understanding our behavior, thoughts, and relationship patterns gives us information about what needs attention and healing. I draw on attachment theory and a relational approach to help uncover what's underneath.

Specialties

Areas of focus.

I work with adults and couples across a range of concerns, with particular depth in the following areas.

  • Anxiety & overwhelm
  • Burnout & functional depression
  • OCD & intrusive thoughts
  • Life transitions & identity shifts
  • Grief & loss
  • Relationship & couples work
  • Creative blocks
  • High-achiever patterns
  • Self-worth & inner criticism
The Experience

What it's like to work with Christine.

A sense of the room — what to expect from the way we'll work together.

Warm and unhurried

Sessions feel like a real conversation — not a script or a checklist. You'll be met as a whole person, not a diagnosis.

Depth-oriented, practical

We move beneath surface strategies to what's actually driving the pattern, and build tools that hold up in your real life.

Collaborative, never prescriptive

You're the expert on your experience. I bring frameworks and questions; you decide what fits and what doesn't.

Begin

A free 15‑minute call. No pressure, no paperwork.

We'll talk about what's bringing you in and whether we're a good fit. If we are, we'll schedule a first session. If not, I'll help point you toward someone who is.

Office

655 Redwood Highway, Suite 339
Mill Valley, CA 94941

Request a Consult

Not for clinical emergencies. If you are in crisis, please call or text 988.