Cristina Jimenez , ACA

Cristina Jimenez is an ACA counsellor who takes a holistic view of people's struggles. She combines a warm, compassionate presence with practical conversation to help people feel steadier. Cristina works with adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships and self‑esteem.

She begins by creating a sense of safety and trust. Sessions focus on what feels most pressing and useful right now. Cristina uses talk, movement awareness and gentle body‑focused ideas to help people notice how stress shows up in the body as well as the mind.

Her background includes training in dance movement therapy and early study in Somatic Experiencing. That movement work guides how she notices tension, patterns and subtle signals in sessions. People often find this helpful when words alone feel limited.

Cristina welcomes diversity and affirms LGBTIQ+ identities. She helps people explore sexuality and intimacy concerns alongside relationship and attachment themes. She also supports those dealing with grief, medical or caregiving stress, and body image worries.

Practical tools and small experiments form part of her approach. Clients can expect short exercises, reflective conversation and follow‑up ideas to try between sessions. The aim is steady progress that fits each person’s life and goals.

How Cristina’s somatic and conversational methods work online

Cristina brings together body‑aware work and talking therapies. One approach draws on dance movement therapy ideas to help people notice movement patterns, breath and posture that link to emotion. This can be useful for stress, trauma and body image concerns. Another approach uses somatic awareness from Somatic Experiencing study to track gentle bodily signals and support regulation during moments of overwhelm. That method can help when feelings are carried physically rather than only in thought.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Cristina will listen to your goals and try different ways of working to see what fits. Together you can adapt exercises so they suit your comfort, pace and daily life rather than following a fixed plan.

Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging to offer flexible access. Video lets her observe movement and nonverbal cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat suits shorter check‑ins or when writing helps processing. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, care duties and travel.