Christina Ortiz-Marquez, LPC - Therapist in Colorado

About Christina

Christina Ortiz-Marquez is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a broad range of emotional and behavioral issues. She offers steady support for stress, anxiety, depression, coping with life changes, parenting challenges, and problems with sleep or eating. Her work also addresses trauma and abuse, addictions, anger, self-esteem, intimacy-related concerns, and compassion fatigue.

Christina draws on 17 years of clinical experience to listen and help people find practical steps forward.

Background and approach

She uses clear, straightforward talk and gentle guidance rather than long clinical explanations. Sessions aim to build communication skills, strengthen attachment patterns, and reduce overwhelming feelings so daily life becomes more manageable. Her approach mixes several evidence-based methods.

Christina uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and develop new habits. She incorporates acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and act on them. Attachment-based work is used to improve connection and trust in relationships.

She has particular experience supporting first responders and survivors of sexual assault, and she pays attention to cultural context and individual strengths. Christina practices in Colorado and provides services in English. Her license is LPC, Colorado LPC 0006083.

Christina aims to create a calm, practical space where parents and individuals can talk through what matters most. She helps set small, achievable goals and adjusts methods to fit each person’s life and priorities.

How Christina’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It encourages choosing actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and parenting stress. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape feelings of safety and trust, and it can guide work on communication and closeness in family or parenting relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christina will discuss options with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. The process is collaborative - she helps clients try approaches and adjusts based on what works in real life.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and to continue work between sessions. Christina uses the same therapeutic techniques online as in person, adapting exercises and homework to the format so progress can keep moving forward.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

Christina supports issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, parenting difficulties, sleep and eating problems, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, addictions, anger, and compassion fatigue.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is direct, compassionate, and practical. She focuses on clear steps people can try between sessions and on improving communication and coping skills.

What is her background and experience?

She has 17 years of clinical experience and specific work with first responders and survivors of sexual assault. That background informs her approach to trauma and stressful work-related issues.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the license listed as CO LPC LPC 0006083 and practices in Colorado.

Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How is pricing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 17 years
Licensed: Colorado
Languages: English

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