Therapist · Walnut Creek + East Bay
Therapist in Walnut Creek,
California.
Couples work, sex therapy, trauma recovery, anxiety, and individual therapy for the East Bay. Led by Christina Mathieson with a team of associate therapists across California. We're the therapist team Walnut Creek partners, parents, and high-functioning professionals reach for when the easier fixes have stopped working.
We work fully by telehealth. Walnut Creek and East Bay clients meet with us via secure video, which fits the way the Bay Area actually works: commute schedules, childcare windows, jobs where blocking 90 minutes plus a drive across town is hard.
Who we see in the East Bay
Walnut Creek is a particular kind of client load.
Many of our clients live along the 680 corridor (Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Alamo, Danville) and commute or have commuted to San Francisco, Oakland, or the Peninsula. That pattern shapes the work. Dual-career couples trying to protect their relationship under deadline pressure. High-performing professionals whose anxiety has started doing more driving than they realized. Parents working with the expectation load of raising kids in a high-achievement zip code.
There's also a quieter cohort: people who moved here for schools or space, lost some of their social scaffolding in the move, and are noticing it. Long-married couples whose kids are launching, who haven't had the what now? conversation yet. Adults re-examining faith, sexuality, or identity in mid-life.
None of this is specific to Walnut Creek. The flavor just shows up often enough here that we listen for it early with clients from the area. Good therapy for this area respects both the demands of the life and the parts of the person the life doesn't leave room for.
Our office
1460 Maria Ln, Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
This is our Walnut Creek practice office. Our clinicians currently see clients by secure telehealth across California, so Walnut Creek and East Bay clients meet with us by video from wherever is private and comfortable.
Services available to Walnut Creek clients
What we work on.
Couples Therapy and Marriage Counseling
Gottman Method, EFT, and attachment-based couples work for partners along the 680 corridor.
Learn moreSex Therapist
Comprehensive sexology for desire, pleasure, pain, disconnect.
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CBT, ACT, ERP, mindfulness for high-functioning anxiety and OCD.
Learn moreTrauma Therapy
Trauma-focused CBT, IFS, and somatic practices.
Learn moreADHD and Neurodiversity
Executive function, emotional regulation, late diagnosis, and support for families.
Learn moreIndividual Therapy
Identity, life transitions, perfectionism, burnout.
Learn moreFAQ
Common questions from Walnut Creek clients.
Do you have a Walnut Creek office?
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Yes. Our practice is at 1460 Maria Ln, Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. All clinicians currently see clients by secure telehealth across California, so Walnut Creek and East Bay clients meet with us by video from home, office, or wherever is private.
Can I do therapy online if I live in Walnut Creek?
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Yes, telehealth is our default across California, including Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, and the broader East Bay. Most Walnut Creek clients choose video sessions for the flexibility around commute, childcare, and professional schedules. Sessions use the same research-backed methods as in-person.
Do you work with Bay Area tech, finance, and healthcare professionals?
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Yes. A significant portion of our Walnut Creek and East Bay clients come from tech, finance, legal, and medical fields, and we regularly work with the burnout, perfectionism, high-functioning anxiety, and relationship-under-pressure patterns that show up in those careers.
Are evening and weekend sessions available?
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Yes. We offer evenings and weekends to fit around the typical Bay Area work schedule. Telehealth makes it easier to fit a session between a late meeting and dinner without a commute.
The team
Three therapists, one practice, defined specialties.
Our team is small enough that the intake conversation can match the clinical fit, and broad enough across modalities that you don't have to leave to find what you need. Not sure what the license letters mean? LMFT, LCSW, LPCC and the rest, explained.
Christina Mathieson
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) #115093
Human sexuality, couples work, ADHD and neurodiversity-affirming therapy, and affirming care for individuals navigating relationships, identity, and life transitions.
Angelique St. Jean
Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) #138223
Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC) #13549
Supervised by Christina Mathieson, LMFT #115093
Couples, families, and individuals navigating relationships, neurodivergence, infertility, trauma, and major life transitions like separation and co-parenting. I bring a relational, strengths-based, family-systems lens, in English or Spanish.
Michelle Cortez
Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) #146795
Supervised by Christina Mathieson, LMFT #115093
If therapy has felt too slow or too surface-level, that is exactly what I work against. Couples stuck in attachment patterns, anxiety and OCD, and neurodivergent clients who need structure and real feedback.
Verified resources
Local + state authorities for Walnut Creek residents.
We are not a 24/7 service. If you need help outside our hours, or if you want to verify a California therapist's license before you book with anyone, these are the resources we point clients to.
- Contra Costa Crisis Center (Contra Costa County):crisis-center.org. The local 988-aligned 24-hour crisis center serving Contra Costa County.
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline:988lifeline.org. Call, text, or chat 988 for free, confidential 24/7 support anywhere in the U.S.
- Verify a California therapist's license:search.dca.ca.gov. California Department of Consumer Affairs official license search. Look up any LMFT, AMFT, APCC, LCSW, or psychologist licensed in California by name or license number.
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