Welcome to CG Consultants
With joint expertise in interpersonal communication and clinical mental health counseling, Dr. Christina G. Yoshimura can help you develop skills and patterns that will help usher you through life's challenges, with a speciality in assisting individuals and couples through the process of divorce.
Dr. Christina G. Yoshimura
Founder, Practitioner
My Approach
I started CG Consultants as a result of my career-long training in human needs, motivations, and patterns of interaction. I hold a M.A. and Ph.D. in relational communication, as well as a M.A. and a clinical license (LCPC) in mental health counseling.
My research, experience, and engagement in the areas of communication and mental health allow me to help improve relational and individual satisfaction for people in states of dissatisfaction or transition, particularly as they consider shifts to their relationships through the divorce process.
I work with individuals, pairs, and families to identify their most important goals as they consider a transition through divorce. Through work we can do together and referrals to complementary resources I help them take concrete steps in meeting those goals.
Divorce is not a failure - it is a change that many people move through and it is a transition that deserves support and care. I believe that our communication with one another and our understanding of our human nature and motivations are crucial to forward movement and productive change.
Services
I offer a range of services including tailored consultation and assessment, goal identification, and resources for you to take concrete next steps that fit your identified outcomes. We will weave together psychological, behavioral, and relational research to develop services that meet your needs, right now.
Communication Assessment Session
Enhanced Insight
I can help you build on and broaden your conceptualization of your current communication situation, and help position you for future success.
Contact me for a one-time session to assess your communication needs and develop a playbook of strategies and resources that will help you move in the direction of your goals.
Moving Towards or Through Divorce
Tailored Solutions
I help clients navigating every stage of that divorce: from quietly wondering if your marriage is over, to considering your options initiating the divorce process, to sharing this news with family members, to providing support for those overwhelmed by a legal process that feels like it's swallowing them whole, to building a workable parenting plan that puts kids first.
Clients often come to me exhausted from going it alone and longing for someone who understands. Together we replace confusion with clarity, panic with steadiness, and uncertainty with a real path forward.
Collaborative Divorce Process
Streamlined Support
I am professionally trained in the process of Collaborative Divorce. I work with lawyers and financial planners to create a team that legally terminates your marriage while assuring that your most important current and future priorities are met.
The case will never go to court, and the needs of the people involved in and impacted by the divorce are paramount in this process. We can help make a difficult transition more manageable and growth-oriented.
This option is not a good fit for all couples, and I can help you decide if this is the path forward for you and help you find alternatives if it is not.
Co-Parenting Coaching and Conflict Resolution
Compassionate Assistance
For post-divorced co-parents I provide brief, behaviorally based sessions focus on aligning goals, managing conflict, and building patterns that work for the long term success of parenting children.
I can help you develop a new parenting plan to submit to the court, or can help you manage within a previously-established parenting plan.
Get in Touch
You don't need to have it all figured out before your first session. You don't need to know what to say. Wherever you are in your process - even if you're just beginning to wonder what is possible - you deserve support from someone who truly understands.
Let me know what you're looking for, and I'll let you know how I can help.