Cristina Perez
Compassionate practical help for daily challenges
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Cristina
Cristina Perez is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on everyday struggles that often feel overwhelming. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting worries, anger, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She also addresses concerns related to ADHD, trauma and abuse, and LGBT issues.
Cristina brings 14 years of clinical experience to her work in California. Her style is straightforward and practical. Sessions aim to identify what feels hardest right now and build steps that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
She uses clear techniques rather than long lectures, and she works at a pace that fits each person. Cristina commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also draws on trauma-focused therapy when past events are driving current distress.
These approaches guide the tools she offers in session. In therapy she focuses on communication challenges, caregiver stress, mood disorders, and social anxiety and phobia. She emphasizes skill building for coping, improving emotional regulation, and strengthening relationships.
The goal is practical progress you can notice between sessions. Her background includes 14 years of direct clinical work and a California license as an LMFT. Cristina aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through problems and try new strategies.
If a parent or caregiver is feeling stuck, she helps organize small steps toward clearer routines and better emotional balance.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Online sessions using CBT often include practical exercises, homework, and step-by-step plans to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or address unhelpful habits.Trauma-focused therapy centers on understanding and processing the impact of past events. When delivered remotely it can involve gentle techniques to reduce overwhelming reactions and build safety around triggers, helping people regain control over day-to-day functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cristina works together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. She adjusts techniques based on what feels most helpful and on progress over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That makes it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, continue work during transitions, and access care from home. These formats let licensed professionals provide regular support while adapting homework and tools to the realities of a client’s day.
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.
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Work that takes difficult past experience into account and moves at a pace you set, with attention to feeling steady before anything else. Being in your own space can make that easier for some people.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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