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Online therapist

Christina De Lucia

Compassionate counselor for life’s challenges

Credentials
LPC
Experience
8 years
Licensed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Christina

Christina De Lucia is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She practices in New Jersey and emphasizes a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can begin to feel steadier and make small changes. Christina is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - and brings eight years of experience to her work.

Her sessions focus on practical tools you can use right away.

Background and approach

She teaches breathing and coping skills for anxiety and offers ways to handle anger, grief, and complicated feelings. Christina pairs these tools with deeper conversations that look at patterns and life history when helpful.

Christina draws from several therapy styles, including client-centered work that follows what matters most to each person, cognitive behavioral therapy for shifting thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness practices to build calm and awareness. She also uses psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused tactics to help people move forward toward goals.

Her background includes years of seeing a range of concerns such as addiction, ADHD, intimacy issues, parenting strain, and mood disorders. Christina aims to meet people where they are, working patiently and at a pace the person chooses. She explains techniques clearly and helps people practice them between sessions.

If someone decides to begin, Christina supports starting with a simple matching process and scheduling. Her approach balances immediate symptom relief with longer-term exploration so people gain both tools and insight.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on what matters most to the person in front of the therapist. It involves listening closely, reflecting back what is heard, and letting the person guide the pace and topics. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to make sense of stress, life shifts, or relationship questions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete techniques for noticing and changing thoughts and behaviors that worsen anxiety, depression, and panic. Sessions often include practice tasks and step-by-step strategies that people can use between meetings to reduce symptoms.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and increase calm. These practices pair well with CBT techniques and can help with sleep problems, overwhelmed feelings, and ongoing worry.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to pick techniques that fit personality and daily life.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options let people use support from home, on a break, or between appointments. Using different formats also makes it easier to practice skills in real life while staying connected with a licensed professional.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, parenting strain, grief, addictions, and mood disorders.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She blends practical skill teaching with deeper conversation. Sessions include breathing and coping techniques plus work on underlying patterns when helpful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Christina has eight years of professional experience in counseling practice.
What credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - licensed in New Jersey with licence number NJ LPC 37PC00629200.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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