About Christine
Christine D'Avico is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 21 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or stuck during life changes. Many seek her out for relationship strain, parenting challenges, sleep trouble, or feelings of shame and isolation.
She focuses on practical steps that can ease daily strain. Sessions mix listening with clear tools clients can try between meetings. She adapts methods to each person's situation rather than following a single script.
How Christine works
Christine uses client-centered work to build a trusting connection and make space for what matters most to the client. She also brings cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. For trauma-related concerns she incorporates EMDR and somatic approaches to address upsetting memories and body-held tension.
Her style is steady and down-to-earth. She aims to help people regain confidence, improve communication, or find more ease in everyday life. Christine often supports those facing grief, caregiving strain, compassion fatigue, career stress, and issues around intimacy.
Therapy sessions may include short skill practice, talking through recent events, and processing deeper experiences when clients are ready. Christine tailors pacing and tools to individual needs and goals. She welcomes questions about how her approach could fit a person’s situation.
Christine lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Christine works with
The areas below are the ones Christine 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
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s priorities and experience. The therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead to build trust and a clear plan. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits, then tests new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety or low mood. EMDR is used for trauma-related reactions and involves guided processing of distressing memories to reduce their emotional charge and related symptoms.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and responses to early sessions to decide which methods to emphasize. That plan can change over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates, coping reminders, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue care when travel or scheduling gets in the way.
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