Christina Laydon, LICSW

Christina Laydon is an LICSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) based in Massachusetts with 24 years of practice. She works with people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, grief, anger, and relationship or family concerns. Christina aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients feel heard and understood.

Her style is interactive and practical. She listens first, then helps set clear, achievable goals. Christina offers guidance and suggests steps clients can take between sessions to try new strategies.

Christina draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She combines these approaches to match each person’s situation rather than using a single method for everyone. Treatment plans are built around the goals the client identifies.

She has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings and has experience across a wide range of mood and anxiety concerns, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, parenting challenges, and relationship stress. That background informs how she notices early signs of overwhelm and helps people find coping strategies.

Christina encourages gradual change and practical skills. She supports parents managing caregiving stress and people dealing with social anxiety or life transitions. Her priority is helping clients move toward goals they define and feel good about.

How CBT and DBT Work Online

Christina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce distress. CBT focuses on small experiments and clear steps to change how a person thinks and acts, which can help with anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds practical skills for emotion regulation, stress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. DBT skills are useful for managing intense emotions, anger, and relationship conflicts by teaching concrete techniques to respond differently in the moment.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and daily life, then recommend CBT, DBT, Solution-Focused techniques, or a combination. Decisions are made collaboratively and can change as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing written support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep practicing skills between appointments.