I’m Tuyet-Lyn (twik-lyn) Christensen, a licensed marriage and family therapist MFT #52494 with over 18 years of experience.

My Work

My work begins with what brings someone in, the places that feel stuck, painful, or unresolved and follows those threads into deeper layers of experience, where something new can begin to emerge.

I’m especially attuned to the more subtle, less immediately accessible layers of experience, the ways we come to carry what hasn’t yet had space to be fully felt, integrated, or transformed.

Therapy, for me, is a space where these layers can begin to be contacted and worked with in new ways, staying with what is difficult, unfamiliar, or unresolved, while also supporting movement toward new ways of experiencing yourself and your life.

I hold that meaningful change happens not only through making sense of our experience, but through what becomes accessible in embodied awareness.

I integrate relational, somatic, and depth-oriented approaches, including parts work and expressive practices, alongside an understanding of intuition, both yours and my own, as a guide within the therapeutic process.

Together, this supports a way of working that is both perceptive and engaged, attuned to what is unfolding moment to moment, while also supporting movement where things feel held or stuck. I am an active participant in the process, offering reflections, questions, and, at times, challenge in service of meaningful change.

How I Am With Clients

I offer a warm, collaborative space where we can slow things down and listen closely, to what’s happening within you, in your relationships, and in your body.

Alongside careful attention and clinical training, I also trust more subtle forms of perception and knowing that arise in the room, felt senses, intuitive impressions, and relational signals that help guide what feels most important. I stay actively engaged with what emerges, offering reflections, questions, and observations that bring these experiences into clearer awareness.

This includes attention not only to what is spoken, but also to what may be shaped through adaptation, held at a distance, or harder to access. At times, I may name what I’m noticing or offer an experiential invitation that brings something just outside of awareness into focus—for example, noticing where something is held in the body and inviting that place to have a voice or expression.

I pay close attention to nuance, complexity, and the different parts of you that may not have had space to be fully seen or understood, and I work with you to bring those parts into contact, dialogue, and integration.

Our work moves at a pace that allows something real to unfold, while also making space for moments of movement, clarity, and shift.

What Drew Me to This Work

I was drawn to this work through my own experience of therapy, moving through darker, more constricted inner landscapes and discovering how something deeper can unfold from within experience, often opening toward greater connection and a sense of aliveness.

That experience shaped not only my belief in this work, but how I practice it—the importance of staying with what is difficult, listening beneath the surface, and supporting both the emergence of change from within and the risks required to live it.

Growth is something I deeply value, the ways we are shaped, what we carry, and what becomes possible when we slow down and listen more closely. I value depth, ongoing learning, and the richness of being in relationship, and I continue to engage in my own process as an essential part of the work I offer.

Who I Work With

I tend to work with people who feel somewhat outside of conventional ways of belonging, while also wanting to more fully inhabit their own distinct way of being.

Many find themselves adapting across different spaces, shaping how they show up in order to belong, while something more essential remains less expressed.

Often, they carry a great deal for others, while their own inner experience is more easily set aside or goes less attended to.

There can be moments of disconnection, or parts of themselves that feel distant, harder to access, or just out of reach.

At the same time, they are drawn toward depth, meaning, and a more connected, embodied way of living.

A Gentle Invitation

If you’re considering therapy, you’re welcome to reach out.

We can begin with a conversation—an opportunity to meet, get a sense of each other, and feel into whether we’d like to take the next step. I offer an initial 20-30 minute phone or video consultation.

I offer in-person sessions in Berkeley and Petaluma, as well as online sessions.