- Addictions support
- Focus on relationships
- Coping with change
About Christa
Christa Jacaruso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 24 years of practice. She helps adults who look successful on the outside but feel stuck inside. Her work focuses on practical changes, not only understanding why things happen but learning ways to feel and function better day to day.
Christa draws on evidence-based techniques and a collaborative style. She aims to be direct and compassionate while tailoring work to each person’s goals. Many people come for help with addiction, relationship strain, life changes, coaching needs, or compassion fatigue.
Her background includes long experience helping people with trauma, anxiety, depression, and emotional regulation. She also supports recovery from substance and behavioral addictions and helps people heal after emotionally abusive or narcissistic relationships. Christa often addresses communication problems, codependency, and the stress that comes with caregiving and blended family issues.
Christa integrates approaches such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy, clinical hypnotherapy, art therapy, and mindfulness strategies. She uses these methods to help build coping skills, manage intense emotions, and shift long-standing patterns. Sessions aim to combine insight with concrete tools people can use between visits.
She works with adults throughout Connecticut and notes experience across other states in past practice. Sessions are offered in English. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short questionnaire before scheduling.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online work
Christa uses evidence-based techniques that combine skill-building with emotional processing. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on teaching concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and reducing harmful behaviors. This can help people struggling with emotional overwhelm, self-destructive patterns, or problems with regulation.Clinical hypnotherapy offers guided relaxation and focused attention to help shift unhelpful habits and support behavioral change. Art therapy brings creative activities into sessions to access feelings that can be hard to put into words and to practice new ways of self-expression.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christa will work with each person to identify goals and preferences, and then try methods that fit those aims. If something isn’t helping, she adjusts the plan so the work stays practical and relevant.
If you’re considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, shorten check-ins when time is limited, or reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt DBT skills coaching, hypnotherapy techniques, and art-based exercises to suit remote sessions while focusing on daily-life application.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
24+ years
Credentials
Connecticut
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
Christa helps with addictions, relationship problems, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and related issues such as abandonment, codependency, and chronic health challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is collaborative, direct, and compassionate, with a focus on practical skills as well as insight. Work is tailored to each person’s goals to encourage real, lasting changes.
What sort of experience does she bring?
She has 24 years of clinical experience working with adults on addiction recovery, trauma, emotional regulation, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, listed as CT LCSW, and practices in Connecticut.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.