Christina Figueroa
Supportive skills-based therapy for practical change
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Format
- Online sessions
About Christina
Christina Figueroa is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical, skills-based therapy. She uses clear, goal-oriented approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, attention difficulties, eating and body image concerns, and related life challenges. Christina works in English and Spanish and brings 15 years of professional experience to her practice in Florida.
She approaches sessions as a partnership. Christina believes each person knows their own story and that therapy builds on existing strengths.
Background and approach
Sessions are direct and focused on skills that can be used between meetings. She encourages small, manageable steps toward change. Her work often uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness to help regulate strong emotions and stay present. Trauma-focused and solution-focused techniques are used when they fit the situation. Christina aims to make therapy straightforward and useful.
She supports people facing family and parenting concerns alongside individual issues like grief, relationship struggles, bipolar symptoms, anger, and coping with life changes. Conversations are practical and centered on what matters most to the client. To begin she guides clients through choosing goals and picking strategies that match their needs.
Many clients find the combination of evidence-based skills and conversational coaching helps them gain relief and move forward. Christina meets people where they are and helps them build tools for daily life.
How Christina’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes to see what works. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and eating or body image concerns.DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches emotion regulation and coping skills for intense feelings and relationship conflicts. Mindfulness Therapy helps people stay present and reduce reactivity through attention and breathing exercises. Both approaches can help when mood and stress feel overwhelming.
Choosing the right method is part of the work. Christina will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then suggest approaches to try. She treats the process as a collaboration and adjusts methods based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy family and work schedules and to continue consistent practice between sessions. Licensed professionals can use these options to teach skills, review progress, and plan next steps without requiring travel.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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