About Christina
Christina Stanley is a licensed clinician in Maryland who focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, and compassion fatigue. She brings 16 years of experience to sessions and aims to help people find clearer ways to cope when life feels overwhelming. She works with people facing major life changes and those dealing with attachment concerns.
Christina also supports people affected by mood disorders and the emotional fallout of natural or human-caused disasters.
Background and approach
Her practice pays attention to multicultural concerns and the effects of prejudice and discrimination. Her style is warm and practical. Sessions center on the client’s needs and goals, with straightforward tools and short-term plans when that fits.
She uses Client-Centered methods to create a respectful space where people can speak openly and feel heard. Christina also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set small, achievable steps and gain momentum toward concrete goals.
Together these approaches help clients build skills for daily life. People who come to her can expect calm, direct guidance and focus on workable strategies. Christina emphasizes self-compassion and realistic progress over time.
Her goal is to help each person leave sessions with something they can use that week.
Approach and access in online therapy
Christina uses Client-Centered Therapy to create an accepting space where people can speak freely and shape the work around their priorities. This approach helps when someone needs to feel heard and understood before trying new strategies.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. CBT is useful for people who want practical tools to manage day-to-day symptoms. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set small, clear goals and move toward change with manageable steps, which can be encouraging when someone feels stuck.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Christina collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as work progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is helpful for more in-depth conversation, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support quick check-ins or brief goal-setting between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while working on practical coping skills.
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- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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