Christina Tyhurst, LCSW

Christina Tyhurst is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with more than 10 years of professional experience delivering therapeutic services across child and adult populations. She began her career after earning a bachelor of arts in psychology from UC Davis and initially worked in a school program serving children with autism, where she helped teach skill acquisition tasks within an applied behavior analysis-informed approach that emphasized positive reinforcement.

Following that role, she provided in-home ABA services for children ages 3 to 7, focusing on daily living skills, school readiness, and behavior modification. She later completed a master of social work at the University of Southern California, during which she served as a school counseling intern and earned her Pupil Personnel Services Credential - a school counseling credential - and worked in a partial hospitalization program at UCLA’s neuropsychiatric hospital supporting families whose children experienced difficulties in school.

After graduation she returned to ABA in a supervisory capacity, managing a caseload of 10 to 15 families, providing case management, parent and staff training, program planning, and behavior modification strategies while prioritizing strong, positive rapport with clients and their families. Since 2017 she has shifted her clinical focus to working with adults, concentrating on relationship and life skills such as boundaries, mindfulness, anger management, assertiveness, choosing and maintaining healthy partnerships, emotion identification and regulation, and communication.

Her clinical approach draws on attachment-based therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and narrative therapy to explore how attachment styles and personal narratives shape growth. She emphasizes the importance of a good therapeutic fit, encourages clients to find a therapist who matches their needs, and affirms the courage it takes to begin therapy and the value of investing in one’s mental health.