Christine Penguino, LCSW, CSW

Licensed in Georgia · 7 years in practice

Christine Penguino is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in Georgia and brings seven years of experience to her work.

License and registration

LCSW, Georgia: CSW008503 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1962036798 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 7
Languages: English

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About Christine

Christine Penguino is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in Georgia and brings seven years of experience to her work. She uses a warm, down-to-earth style and aims to make therapy approachable for people who are worried or uncertain about starting. She mixes practical tools with a touch of humor to help clients move forward.

She has worked with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, and stress.

Background and approach

Christine is experienced supporting people in the LGBT community and those navigating relationship styles such as polyamory. She is also kink and BDSM friendly and works with people facing identity or cultural shifts. Her sessions are focused on client goals and practical progress.

She encourages small, manageable steps and often co-designs short exercises for clients to try between sessions. Missing an exercise becomes a useful clue rather than a failure. Christine draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and client-centered approaches.

She tailors techniques to each person’s needs and prefers a collaborative, low-pressure pace. Outside of work she enjoys science fiction, making found-object art, board games, and gardening. That casual, curious side shows up in sessions as lightness and creativity when it fits the client’s goals.

People who like a direct but gentle style, practical takeaways, and some humor often find her approach easy to engage with. She works in English and offers multiple online session formats to fit different schedules.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Christine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

LGBT
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
ADHD
Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Career difficulties
Depression
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Caregiver issues and stress
Emptiness
Fertility issues
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Christine names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Christine often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to change outcomes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone needs clear steps to test and change patterns.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which focuses on values-based action and accepting difficult feelings while moving toward meaningful goals. ACT can help with life transitions, low motivation, and chronic worry by clarifying what matters and building small, committed steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, pace, and preferences. She checks in and adjusts strategies as progress or obstacles appear.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into a busy life. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a quicker check-in is needed, and chat or text messaging can suit short updates or people who prefer typing. These options let people choose what feels most useful while keeping scheduling flexible.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Christine help people with?

Christine works with anxiety, depression, ADHD, stress, grief, relationship and self-esteem issues, plus parenting and career concerns. She also addresses trauma and abuse, gender dysphoria, and a range of identity and life-change topics.

What is her style and therapeutic approach?

She takes a client-goal directed, collaborative approach that mixes practical tools with gentle challenge. Techniques come from CBT, ACT, DBT, motivational interviewing and client-centered work, tailored to each person.

How much experience does she have?

She has seven years of professional experience working across diverse settings and client needs.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Georgia and also holds the CSW credential.

Can sessions be offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English, and she does accept international clients.

What session formats are available?

She meets with people by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different needs and schedules.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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