Christina Tyhurst

Christina Tyhurst, CA LCSW 115112, is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 10 years of professional experience providing a variety of therapeutic services. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at UC Davis and began her career working in a school for children with a primary diagnosis of autism, where she supported a team that taught 8-10 year old boys skill acquisition tasks using a program loosely based on applied behavior analysis and positive reinforcement.

She later provided in-home applied behavior analysis for children with autism aged 3-7, focusing on daily living skills, school readiness, and behavior modification. After a brief period working as a nanny, she completed her MSW at the University of Southern California and held internships as a school counselor - where she earned her PPSC - and at a partial hospitalization program at UCLA’s neuropsychiatric hospital, working with families of children who struggled with school for various reasons.

Following graduation, Christina returned to ABA as a supervisor, managing a caseload of 10-15 families and offering case management, parent training, staff training, program planning, and behavior modification strategies while emphasizing strong, positive rapport with clients and their families. Since 2017 she has shifted her focus to working with adults, concentrating on relationship and life skills such as boundaries, mindfulness, anger management, assertiveness, how to choose a healthy partner, how to have a healthy relationship, and emotion identification, expression, regulation, and communication.

She also explores how attachment styles and coherent narratives shape an individual’s path of growth. Christina believes the therapist-client relationship depends on a good fit and encourages people to shop around until they find someone who suits them. She recognizes the courage it takes to begin therapy and looks forward to working with clients who choose her, affirming that their mental health is worth everything.