Cristina Perez

Cristina Perez is an LMFT with 14 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, anger, and life changes. She writes and speaks in plain terms so parents can quickly understand options and next steps. Her work focuses on clear tools people can use at home and in daily life.

She guides people through depression, low self-esteem, and social anxiety with practical steps. She helps those juggling caregiver stress and career demands find coping strategies that fit a busy routine. She also addresses parenting concerns and challenges related to ADHD and trauma and abuse.

Cristina uses straightforward, evidence-informed techniques rather than jargon. Sessions emphasize learning skills, practicing new responses, and tracking progress between meetings. She aims to make therapy feel useful from the start so people can see small changes build over time.

Her approach is collaborative and respectful. She asks about daily routines, family roles, and what currently makes life harder. Together, she and the person identify realistic goals and simple experiments to try between sessions.

Cristina works with people on communication problems and mood disorders, and she provides support for LGBT-related concerns. She is based in California and brings years of experience to challenging situations where clear, actionable help is wanted.

How CBT and Trauma-Focused Care Translate Online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing clear strategies to change them. It is commonly used for anxiety, anger, depression, and social phobia by teaching step-by-step skills to test new ways of responding.

Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on helping people process difficult experiences and reduce their hold on daily life. Work tends to move at a persons pace and combines emotional processing with practical coping tools to manage symptoms and improve function.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most workable, then adapt methods to those needs. If a particular technique doesnt fit, different strategies are tried until the person and therapist find what helps.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, skip travel time, and use short check-ins when that suits the day. It also allows people to practice skills between sessions in the settings where they actually live and work, which can speed up meaningful change.