About Christine
Christine Gorski-Makar is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She focuses on anxiety and related concerns and aims to make therapy approachable and practical for people feeling overwhelmed. She has 15 years of experience and a Master of Arts from New York University in counseling psychology.
That work has included addiction and trauma counseling, and support for people coping with depression, OCD, bipolar disorder, and personality disorder challenges.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and interactive. She listens with respect and responds with compassion, then works collaboratively to set clear, doable goals. Sessions tend to combine practical skills with space to talk through what matters most to the client.
Christine uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills and shift unhelpful thinking. She also draws on client-centered and existential ideas to help people find meaning and self-direction. She offers help for a wide range of concerns including addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and first responder stress.
Sessions are available in English and Ukrainian and Christine accepts international clients. If someone wants to begin, they complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability. The approach is tailored to each person’s needs and paced to fit their life.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Christine blends cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in ways that focus on skills and day-to-day coping. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Dialectical behavior therapy emphasizes emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to manage intense feelings and improve relationships.Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. Christine will talk with each person about their goals, strengths, and preferences and then shape sessions together. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what feels most useful for the individual.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework review, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Ukrainian
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