Christina Ortiz-Marquez, LPC

Christina Ortiz-Marquez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, addictions, and depression. She also helps people coping with life changes, parenting strain, sleep or eating concerns, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related issues.

Christina uses straightforward, practical conversations to help people identify what’s getting in the way. She listens for patterns in relationships and attachment and helps clients learn skills to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and client-centered work shape her sessions.

In the first meetings she helps clients set small, concrete goals. Sessions often include simple behavioral experiments, communication practice, and grounding or mindfulness exercises. She checks in on what works and adjusts the plan together with each person.

Christina has experience supporting first responders and survivors of sexual assault and abuse, and she addresses communication problems and attachment issues directly in therapy. Her style aims to balance practical tools with acknowledgement of emotional experience so people feel understood while they build new skills.

People describe her approach as direct but caring, focused on real-life changes. She invites clients to try small steps, track progress, and refine strategies over time. Christina works in English and practices in Colorado.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include homework, behavioral experiments, and practical skill practice to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and tackle sleep or eating problems.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values. In teletherapy ACT work often uses mindfulness exercises and values-based goal setting to help with stress, life changes, and lingering anxiety.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions. In remote sessions this approach uses conversation and reflective exercises to improve communication and emotional connection with others.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try techniques, review what helps, and adjust the plan so therapy fits real life.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth sessions and skill practice. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, shorter updates, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep progress moving between sessions.