About Christina
Christina Lacey is a licensed marriage and family therapist with eight years of clinical practice in New York. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and life changes. Her work also addresses ADHD, bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue, and challenges around self-esteem and purpose.
Christina uses a practical, down-to-earth style in sessions. She listens first, then helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck.
How Christina works
Together they set clear goals and track progress so change feels steady and real. Her approach draws from attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused work, dialectical behavior methods, and mindfulness. Christina blends these methods to match what each person needs, emphasizing strengths and small, doable steps toward better balance.
Christina views problems in the context of relationships and life roles. She pays attention to family patterns, blended family dynamics, caregiving stress, and issues that arise with aging or serious illness. She also supports people facing divorce, infidelity, hospice and end-of-life decisions, and recovery from natural or human-caused disasters.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to the client's comfort. Christina measures progress regularly and adjusts plans as needed. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through painful topics and build practical skills for daily life.
Christina lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Christina works with
The areas below are the ones Christina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and reactions. Online sessions using this approach help people notice attachment responses and practice new ways of connecting in real life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In remote sessions clients learn to spot unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and measure small changes between meetings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for regulating emotions and handling distress. Online DBT work emphasizes practical tools like emotion regulation, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness that can be practiced between appointments.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Christina works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in and adjusts the plan over time so sessions stay useful and aligned with what the client wants to accomplish.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit a quick check-in, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to practice new skills between meetings.
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A practical next step
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