Christina Juarbe , LCSW

Christina Juarbe is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 15 years of practice to her work in New York. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, work through trauma and abuse, and build self-esteem. She also supports those facing family problems and major life transitions, and she has experience with women's issues including fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum concerns.

Christina uses straightforward, practical conversations to help people identify strengths and next steps. She treats clients as the experts in their own lives and helps them apply what already works. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person's needs.

Her background includes extensive work with people coping with sudden or gradual life changes. That experience informs how she helps clients set realistic goals and build coping skills. Christina also addresses body image and self-love as part of broader mental health work.

She is familiar with concerns that can accompany young adulthood and seasonal mood shifts, including Seasonal Affective Disorder. Christina has worked with people struggling with self-harm urges and offers practical strategies to stay safe and grounded.

Christina welcomes conversations about fertility challenges, pregnancy and childbirth, and postpartum depression. She helps people sort through emotions, plan next steps, and connect to additional community supports when needed.

Evidence-based approaches and online care options

Christina works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional processing. One approach emphasizes skill-building for stress and anxiety management, teaching breathing, grounding, and behavior strategies to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Another approach concentrates on processing trauma and abuse through paced conversations and coping tools to reduce overwhelming memories and increase safety and stability.

Finding the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and comfort level, and they will try approaches that fit the individual's needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this practice. Video calls let people meet face to face when a longer, interactive session is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short updates, brief coaching between sessions, and people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between visits.