Member Details
Christina Whelan
she/her
Address: 5708 N.W. 135th Street, OKC, OK 73099
Email: admin@resilienttherapyokc.com
Phone: 1-405-225-0010
Clinical Interests: Individual,Assessment
Ages Served: Adult (18-65)
License Type: Ph.D.
APA Division 39: Yes
Brief Bio:
My clinical career has spanned more than 20 years across hospital, military, and private practice settings, with my work increasingly shaped by a psychoanalytic understanding of the individuals I serve. I began working directly with clients in 2005 during my second master’s program and have remained engaged in clinical work throughout my training and career. I later spent 10 years working within hospital and military healthcare settings, providing psychological services to veterans and active-duty service members at the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center and Fort Sill.
In the fall of 2021, I transitioned into full-time private practice and founded Resilient Psychotherapy & Psychiatric Services, PLLC, where we provide both psychotherapy and physician-led psychiatric medication management. My clinical work is psychoanalytically informed while also integrating evidence-based approaches, with a particular interest in understanding the relational, emotional, and developmental patterns that shape how individuals experience themselves and others.
Involvements & Interests in Psychoanalysis & Psychodynamic Therapies:
My interest in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy has developed throughout my clinical career and has become increasingly central to how I conceptualize and understand my patients. I am particularly interested in object relations theory, attachment, unconscious processes, defenses, repetition and relational patterns, and the ways early experiences continue to shape an individual’s sense of self and relationships with others. More recently, I have been reading and exploring the work of Fairbairn and other object relations theorists, particularly as it relates to internalized relationships, attachment to harmful or idealized objects, and the persistence of relational patterns despite contradictory evidence. I value psychoanalytic thinking because it encourages curiosity about what lies beneath symptoms and behavior and provides a depth of understanding that complements the evidence-based approaches I also use in my clinical work. I am interested in continuing to deepen my knowledge through reading, discussion, consultation, and engagement with the psychoanalytic community.
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