- Compassionate listening
- Skills-focused
- Life transitions
About Christina
Christina Dolese is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Louisiana. She brings four years of clinical experience helping people facing anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Christina focuses on clear, compassionate support aimed at everyday problems and emotional pain.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through what matters most to them. Sessions emphasize developing self-compassion, improving communication, and building coping skills for stress and relationship strain. Christina also helps people deal with caregiving stress, career concerns, and challenges tied to ADHD.
Her work draws on approaches that center the client’s perspective and practical behavior change. Christina uses client-centered methods to follow each person’s lead and narrative techniques to make sense of life stories. Cognitive behavioral ideas help identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors in daily life.
Christina has particular experience with attachment issues, family of origin concerns, and the emotional fallout from trauma and abuse. She also supports people coping with natural or human-caused disaster and the confusion that can follow major losses or sudden change.
People often come to Christina looking for straightforward skills and steady emotional support. She aims to help clients leave sessions with a clearer next step and tools they can use between meetings.
How Christina’s approaches guide online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in the room. The therapist follows the client’s priorities, listens closely, and reflects what she hears. This approach helps people feel understood and shape goals that matter to them.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. In sessions clients learn simple tools to notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors to change daily patterns. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.
Mindfulness therapy teaches attention to the present moment and gentle awareness of emotions and bodily experience. Practices are short and practical, helping reduce reactivity and improve emotion regulation over time.
Finding the right blend of methods is part of therapy. Christina will work collaboratively to pick approaches that match each person's goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities. Clients help guide which techniques feel most helpful as work progresses.
If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, reduce travel time, and keep momentum between visits. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when needed, or sessions that do not require video if that is more comfortable for the client.
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Experience
4+ years
Credentials
Louisiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Christina commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, career issues, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, with an emphasis on practical skills from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches alongside narrative techniques.
What background does she bring to therapy sessions?
Christina has four years of clinical experience as a licensed clinical social worker and focuses on creating empathic, nonjudgmental sessions for personal growth and coping.
Where is Christina licensed to practice?
She holds an LCSW license in Louisiana and practices there as a licensed clinical social worker.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.