Christina Figueroa, LCSW

Christina Figueroa is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and attention challenges. She works in both English and Spanish and practices from Florida. Christina aims to make therapy feel straightforward and useful for everyday life.

She uses clear, skill-based methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to help people manage thoughts, moods, and behaviors. Sessions focus on practical steps you can try between meetings, plus ways to notice patterns that get in the way of feeling better.

Christina also brings skills from dialectical behavior ideas and solution-focused work to help clients build emotional regulation and goal-directed plans. For people coping with grief, relationship strain, eating concerns, or bipolar mood challenges she helps break big problems into manageable pieces. Conversations are paced to match each person's needs and comfort level.

Her approach treats the client as the expert on their life while offering structure and tools to make change more possible. She emphasizes short, actionable strategies alongside longer-term skill building. Christina supports clients who want to improve self-esteem, manage anger, or handle life transitions with steadier coping skills.

Therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Christina encourages people to take the first step and try a format that fits their routine and communication style.

Integrating CBT and Mindfulness in Online Care

Christina commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on practical skill-building so clients can practice new ways of thinking and acting between sessions to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.

She also incorporates mindfulness approaches to teach present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness exercises can help with stress, emotion regulation, and grounding after upsetting events. Christina may draw on dialectical behavior ideas when teaching emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills to manage intense emotions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christina works with each person to identify goals, try different strategies, and adjust methods based on what feels most effective. She helps set clear, achievable steps and checks in regularly to refine the plan together.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide convenience and flexibility. Video calls allow full interaction and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging options are useful for brief check-ins and practice between meetings. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family, or school schedules while keeping the focus on real-world skill practice.