Christine Kwon is a licensed social worker and currently a Staff Therapist in the Mindfulness & Behavior Therapies program at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. Christine earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Social Work from the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and her Bachelor in Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Her clinical training includes a fellowship program through Emotion Management Program where she received intensive training in contextual behavioral practices, with a focus on Contextually Focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT); developed working knowledge of the chronic distress model and the work of leading scholars and clinicians in contextual behavioral science, neuroscience, and trauma.

Christine is passionate about walking with people in their journey to create a meaningful life for themselves. Her work draws from third-wave behavioral approaches, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), C-DBT, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Christine's therapeutic style is grounded in curiosity, presence, love, and respect. She takes a deeply relational approach to therapy, believing that healing and change begin with presence and connection – creating an environment of being seen and understood. Through her work, Christine supports individuals in learning from their own experiences in order to make choices about who they want to be and the lives they want to create.

Through her past work experiences, Christine has developed a deep respect in working with people who have been and continue to be impacted by the criminal legal (justice) system. She hopes to continue to work with individuals who are impacted by interpersonal and systemic violence.