About Cristina
Cristina Spataro is a New York State licensed mental health counselor with 18 years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She works with adults facing life changes, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, and issues that affect self-esteem and intimacy. Cristina aims to make overwhelming moments easier to understand and manage.
Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She listens closely and helps people name the problem before suggesting ways to cope.
How Cristina works
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with room for emotion and personal values. Cristina often uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive space where a person’s own goals guide the work. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop healthier behavior patterns.
These methods can help with anxiety, mood shifts, and managing stressful life events. Over nearly two decades, Cristina has supported people dealing with trauma, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and major life transitions like adoption, caregiving, and midlife reassessment. She also focuses on women’s issues, career decisions, and questions about life purpose.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Cristina encourages people to reach out early, whether they are in crisis or simply feeling stuck, so they can begin to sort things out and move toward workable change.
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What Cristina works with
The areas below are the ones Cristina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Cristina’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the person’s lead. It helps people clarify what matters most and build confidence to make changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, mood, and coping skills.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Cristina will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts plans as things change and checks in regularly to make sure the approach remains useful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well with lower bandwidth, live chat offers a shorter check-in option, and text messaging supports ongoing touchpoints between sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication styles while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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