Christina Mossaad

Christina Mossaad is an AASW social worker with five years in therapeutic support and over 20 years in broader professional work. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, parenting strains, low self esteem and big life changes. Christina also lists compassion fatigue and life purpose among her focus areas.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She treats people as the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are straightforward conversations about what is getting in the way and what might be tried next.

Christina draws on several evidence-informed methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. She also uses attachment-based and client-centred ideas to guide how she listens and responds. That mix is used to address things like panic, mood shifts, relationship patterns and persistent worry.

In a session she will work on skills for managing strong emotions, techniques for shifting unhelpful thoughts, and ways to reconnect with personal values and purpose. Parents and caregivers can expect practical strategies for stress and role strain, plus attention to caregiver fatigue when it arises.

Christina offers clear explanations and small, achievable steps. She invites people to test out changes between sessions and then review what helped. The goal is helping people feel more able to handle everyday pressures and make steadier decisions about what matters next.

How Christina’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their values and take small committed steps in those directions while learning to live with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It is useful for people who feel stuck about life purpose, meaning or forward steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches concrete techniques to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms. It is often used for stress, panic attacks and mood difficulties. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early and current relationship patterns affect trust, communication and closeness, and it can help when attachment issues influence parenting or adult relationships.

Choosing the right method is part of the work. Christina will discuss these approaches and help decide what fits best, based on a person’s goals, preferences and the issues they bring. That decision is made together and can change over time as needs shift.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They can also suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who need sessions that fit around caregiving or work breaks. Appropriately qualified therapists like Christina can adapt exercises and between-session tasks so they work in an online setting.