About Christine
Christine Selario, LCSW, is a licensed social worker in New York with 27 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, and major life changes. Christine aims to offer steady, practical support during difficult times.
She pays close attention to how people talk and relate to others. That helps when addressing communication problems, family tensions, and panic attacks. Christine also has experience supporting people with adoption and foster care backgrounds and the complex feelings that can come from those histories.
Background and approach
Her style is straightforward and compassionate. Sessions usually involve talking through current problems, identifying patterns that get in the way, and trying new ways to cope. Christine helps people build short-term tools and longer-term habits to reduce distress and improve everyday functioning.
She works to create a calm space where clients can say what they need to say without judgment. Christine often breaks larger goals into small, manageable steps so progress is easier to see. People who want a therapist who listens closely and focuses on practical change may find her approach helpful.
She combines many years of experience with a steady, patient presence to support people as they move through life transitions and emotional challenges.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Christine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage anxiety, panic, and stress. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life practice. This helps reduce anxiety and supports clearer decision making in everyday situations.Another approach emphasizes learning and practicing new coping skills - breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavioral changes - to reduce panic and build confidence. These techniques are useful when anxiety or stress interrupts daily life and routines.
Choosing the right way of working is a process. Christine will collaborate with each person to find methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She looks at what is and isn't working now and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break during the day. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it easier to stick with therapy and practice skills between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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