About Christina
Christina Laydon is an LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) based in Massachusetts with 24 years of practice. She brings steady experience to common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. Her manner is warm and direct so people feel heard from the first conversation.
Christina has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings and has supported people with mood issues, OCD, relationship concerns, grief, anger, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She also focuses on caregiver stress and social anxiety and phobia. Her long experience means she has seen many ways these problems show up in daily life. Her sessions are interactive and respectful.
She listens first, then works with people to set clear, manageable goals. Christina offers practical suggestions and teaches useful skills to help with day-to-day coping. She draws from several approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
Treatment plans are tailored to each person’s needs and preferences rather than one-size-fits-all. Christina encourages small, steady steps and measures progress against what the client wants to change. She aims to help people build tools for handling anxiety, improve relationships, and regain a sense of control.
If someone is ready to take the next step, she helps guide the process toward realistic goals.
How Christina’s Approaches Work Online
Christina uses practical approaches that translate well to remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It helps with anxiety, low mood, and patterns that get in the way of daily functioning.Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. It can be useful for intense emotions, anger, and improving how someone responds under stress. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on what is working now and small steps forward rather than dwelling on problems.
Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Christina will talk with the client about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then suggest an approach or a combination of approaches. She adjusts plans as progress unfolds so the work stays relevant and manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different days and schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins, and messaging or live chat can support quick skill practice or midweek check-ins. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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