Christine Sanders

Christine's journey to becoming a psychotherapist is rooted in a decade as a litigator, a path she transitioned from after experiencing a profound personal loss. This pivotal experience reshaped her understanding of life and work, inspiring her to continue standing alongside individuals in their most challenging moments, but in a capacity that nurtures healing and resilience. Christine believes that mental well-being is intricately connected to the events, systems, and relationships that shape our lives, as well as the profound interplay between our mind, body, and nervous system.

Christine’s therapeutic approach is deeply integrative and tailored to each individual’s unique needs. She draws from a rich toolkit of evidence-based modalities, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness-Based Therapy. She also incorporates Attachment-Focused, Polyvagal, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Person-Centered, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) techniques. Clients working with Christine can expect a holistic exploration of their experiences, where she skillfully helps connect the through-lines between their personal history, bodily sensations, relationships, and wider world, understanding that struggles and healing never exist in a vacuum.

Christine is particularly passionate about supporting individuals navigating significant life transitions, profound loss, and disrupted senses of identity. Her areas of focus include managing anxiety, processing grief and loss, adapting to life transitions, building self-esteem, addressing shame and self-criticism, healing from trauma and PTSD, alleviating work stress, and navigating relationship challenges, both individually and in couples therapy. She provides a compassionate space for those who find themselves in the midst of "becoming someone new," often without having chosen the path that led them there, whether it involves a new medical diagnosis, divorce, career change, or the death of a loved one.

Christine’s academic foundation includes a Juris Doctor (JD) from Seattle University School of Law, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Economy from The Evergreen State College, also graduating Magna Cum Laude. Outside of her professional life, Christine is a dedicated parent to a middle schooler, an experience that continually deepens her curiosity about human growth and change. Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, she has called Seattle home since 2001. She finds balance and rejuvenation through an active lifestyle, whether running or biking around the city, rowing on Portage Bay, lifting weights, practicing reformer Pilates, or engaging in Vipassana meditation, all of which underscore her commitment to holistic well-being.