Christina Fong, MA, LPC
Providing a respectful, creative space to explore meaning, feel understood, and support healing and growth.
Specialties
Depression - Trauma - Existential Concerns
Relationship Issues - Unconscious Patterns
Grief - Personal Growth - Anxiety
Background
I was drawn to this work through a long-standing fascination with what lives beneath the surface of experience. I returned to psychology—one of my earliest interests—initially out of curiosity and personal exploration. During my studies, the son of a high school friend died by suicide. Witnessing the depth of grief and disorientation his parents endured marked a turning point for me. It clarified my desire to sit with people in moments when meaning feels shattered, when words fall short, and when simply being met with care can matter deeply.
For decades, alongside this path, I have lived as a professional classical violinist—performing, recording contemporary and avant-garde music, and composing. That life continues to shape my work not as an intervention, but as philosophy and a way of being—something intangible, yet deeply consequential.
Clinical Approach
My approach is both creative and scientific, guided by an existential-integrative orientation. Existential questions—about meaning, identity, freedom, loss, and responsibility—serve as the beacons that orient our work together. While existential meaning guides the process, I draw from a range of therapeutic approaches, tailoring them to each individual. We are complex beings, shaped by both conscious thought and subconscious experience, and much of therapy involves bringing these layers into greater awareness and alignment.
Self-discovery and authenticity are often complex and elusive and that difficulty deserves patience. My work is relational, collaborative. Sessions are conversational and grounded in careful listening. Depending on your needs, I may draw from multiple modalities like psychodynamic and psychoanalytic perspectives, hypnotherapy, cognitive-behavioral approaches, and others.
These tools are for understanding rather than fixing—helping you make sense of patterns, integrate insight, and move toward a way of living that feels more authentic and self-directed.
Quote
“I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.”
—James Baldwin
Who I Work With
I work with individuals and couples of all ages, many of whom are drawn to deeper work—gaining insight into their inner lives, understanding behaviors and emotions, and exploring underlying patterns and influences. Some people I work with are in acute distress, feeling overwhelmed or incapacitated by anxiety, depression, grief, or trauma that has begun to disrupt daily functioning. Others are outwardly managing—maintaining an “everything’s okay” existence—while unprocessed grief, trauma, or long-standing struggles quietly surface beneath the surface. Here, therapy offers a space for both.
Outside the Office
Outside of the office, I continue to work as a professional orchestral violinist and am currently conducting research on sound and the psyche. I am also an avid—if slow—long-distance runner.
Training & Background
I hold an MA in Counselor Education in Clinical Mental Health from Western Michigan University and am currently pursuing my doctorate there. I also earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in violin performance, with a concentration in music education, from Northwestern University. Alongside my formal education, I engage in ongoing continuing education across a range of therapeutic approaches, including established frameworks such as Gottman Method Couples Therapy, with particular focus on the relationship between the conscious and subconscious mind—supported by advanced training in hypnotherapy through the Milton Erickson Institute—which informs my integrative, person-centered approach.
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