Meet Christina

Christina Lanteigne is a Registered Social Worker with over 10 years of experience in community mental health and school settings. At Attuned Families, she focuses on supporting parents who want a safe place to heal, so they can have better relationships and be more present in life.

With warmth and compassion, Christina gets to know you, your family dynamics, and your hopes for outcomes of therapy. Christina is highly trauma-informed and committed to healing within relationships, meaning that she will work diligently to ensure that her relationship with you will be a place of comfort and safety.

Christina believes in supporting people across the lifespan. She has specialized training in Perinatal, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, and Couples therapy, and draws on her own experience as a parent, ensuring a safe and non-judgmental space to navigate your concerns. She grounds herself in Attachment Theory, and provides support utilizing primarily Emotion-Focused Therapies (Family and Couples), Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, and Narrative Therapy. She is also dedicated to ongoing education so that she can remain grounded in an anti-oppressive framework and dedicated to anti-racism.

Work With Christina
Work With Christina

Areas of Treatment

 

  • Infant & Early Childhood mental health (emotional and behavioural)

  • Perinatal mental health

  • Grief & loss (child and parent and pregnancy loss)

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Parent, couples, & family conflict/repair

 

Techniques used

  • Rooted in Attachment Theory 

  • Informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Polyvagal Theory

  • Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)

  • Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Mindfulness and self-compassion

Education

  • Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto

  • Bachelor of Applied Science: Child, Youth & Family from the University of Guelph 

Certifications

  • Perinatal Mental Health Certification

  • Birth and Reproductive Trauma Certificate

  • IFS (Internal Family Systems) for the Perinatal Population

  • Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)

  • Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)

  • Foundations in Infant and Early Mental Health Practice Certificate 

  • Children’s Grief and Bereavement Certificate 

Professional organizations

  • Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)

  • Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW)