Christina Benboudiaf

Christina Benboudiaf is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and women's issues. She brings five years of counseling experience and aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly about what they are feeling. Her manner is compassionate and straightforward, which many find reassuring when they first reach out.

Christina uses practical tools grounded in mindfulness to help clients notice patterns and build everyday habits. She often blends cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts and dialectical behavior ideas to teach coping skills for intense emotions. Her client-centered stance means she treats each person as the expert on their life and tailors work to individual goals.

Her background includes supporting people affected by assault, abuse, human trafficking, and problematic substance use, and she has experience with LGBTQ clients and a range of mood and anxiety concerns. In sessions she emphasizes clear steps, simple skills, and steady support rather than jargon. Christina also helps people dealing with grief, identity concerns, isolation, and questions about life purpose.

People who meet with her can expect a mix of talk, practical skill-building, and mindfulness exercises. She explains techniques plainly and checks in about what is and isn’t working. The overall aim is to reduce distress and help people move toward goals they choose.

Christina invites you to begin by sharing current struggles and priorities so a plan can be made together. She encourages small, manageable changes and supports clients as they practice new ways of coping.

Approaches that guide online care and practical skills

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so you can clarify your own goals and make changes at your pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect; it uses straightforward exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits that reduce anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christina will help determine which methods fit your needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and may shift as progress is made or life circumstances change.

The biography did not list specific session formats, so please confirm available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, help with shorter check-ins during work breaks, and remove the need to travel to an office. Many people find remote sessions helpful for practicing skills between meetings and for keeping continuity of care when schedules change.