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Click here to contact our client care coordinator about working with Christina!

Specialties Include:

    -Adults (age 18+)

    -LGBTQIA+

    -Trans & Non-Binary Affirming

    -Neurodivergence (Autism, ADHD, etc)

    -Polyamory & Non-Monogamy Affirming

​    -Kink & Sex Work Affirming

    -Depression, Anxiety & Isolation

    -Attachment Wounds

    -Self-Compassion

    -Activism & Social Justice

​    -Chronic Pain & Illness​

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In Person in Georgetown & Telehealth

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Christina is in-network with Premera, Cigna, Regence, Aetna, First Choice, Kaiser, LifeWise, Anthem and some other Blue Cross plans. Please be aware that Protea Wellness cannot accept insurance for couple's therapy.

Christina's fees:

  • 50-minute session: $175

  • 80-minute session: $260

Christina Bearer,

Pronouns: they/them

LMHCA

Hello, good to be connected!


Oppression, trauma, and isolation often work to remove decision-making ability, power, and responsibility from us. It’s painful to feel stuck, helpless, and unable to make choices aligned with our values. When done with compassion and thoughtfulness, I believe that counseling can offer a pathway for you to connect more fully with all parts of your life and the relationships you choose within it.

My approach...

How we relate to each other is the foundation of my approach to counseling, so I strive to be warm, sincere, empathetic, and straightforward! I consider my practice in relationship to political and counseling lineages including feminist therapy, collective liberation, and liberation psychology. Sometimes we know that something isn’t feeling right but we aren’t sure what would be helpful, or even what the possibilities for ourselves are; part of counseling can be figuring that out.

 

Our work might also include learning and reflecting about experiences and patterns in your life, exploring the relationship between “symptoms” and social structures, identifying material resources and solutions for problems and barriers, and practicing useful skills. I seek to put my effort and knowledge in partnership with yours to support you in making wanted
change in your life. I love laughing and being curious and invite you to bring your silliness and questions!


I am a white trans-masc nonbinary person with chronic health/pain issues and bring this context to counseling. I work with individual people aged 18+ and relationships, and draw on counseling modalities including attachment theory, feminist therapy, Motivational Interviewing (MI),
and Somatic CBT. I have experience working with LGBTQIA+ people, neurodivergence, polyamory and kink, as well as chronic pain/illness and disability. I enjoy working with other white people who are wanting to reflect on their experiences of whiteness, advantage, and anti-racism.

Professional training & memberships...

I earned my M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Antioch University in 2025, with a certificate in Addictions Studies, and also hold a B.A. in Japanese Literature from University of Washington Seattle from 2011. I’m currently earning a 60-hour certificate in Somatic CBT from The Embody Lab.


I am a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and Washington State Mental Health Counselors Association (WMHCA).


In other parts and times of my life, I’ve been a bookseller (always happy to receive a book recommendation!), restaurant and cafe worker, and organizer and participant in campaigns focused on homelessness and sweeps. I spend a lot of time in nature, with my sweet old cat, reading, baking, and with loved ones who share their world and inspire my critical thinking.

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