About Christina
Christina Benboudiaf is a licensed mental health counselor based in New York who helps people facing anxiety, stress, trauma, and addictions. She also supports those dealing with depression, relationship strain, grief, anger, and questions about identity and life purpose. Christina brings a calm, direct presence to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.
Her work emphasizes listening first and following each person's lead. She uses mindfulness practices to ground conversations and cognitive tools to shift unhelpful thinking.
Background and approach
Dialectical strategies help when emotions feel overwhelming or when people struggle with intense moods. Christina draws on a client-centered stance that treats each person as the expert on their own life. She offers coaching-style support when people want clearer goals or help navigating transitions.
Sessions aim to reduce distress and build skills for coping with recurring problems. Her background includes experience with survivors of abuse, problematic substance use, and a range of mood and anxiety concerns. Christina also has experience supporting people who identify as LGBTQ and those managing co-occurring issues such as domestic violence or addiction.
Christina holds the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, LMHC, and has five years of clinical experience. She provides services in English and practices from a compassionate, nonjudgmental stance. Seeking help can feel hard, and she focuses on making the first steps straightforward and doable.
How her approaches translate to online care
Christina draws on client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on each person's priorities and strengths. That approach means conversations follow what matters most to the client and the therapist acts as a supportive guide rather than an expert who tells people what to do.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is practical and useful for anxiety, worry, and mood concerns because it creates clear strategies people can practice between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Christina works with clients to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, and she adjusts tools over time as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and routines. Video lets people work face to face when they want that connection. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for short check-ins, skill practice, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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