About Corina
Corina Istanich is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, addiction concerns, and grief. She speaks English and Spanish and brings ten years of counseling experience to sessions. Corina aims to build a direct and compassionate connection so clients can work toward practical change.
She favors Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and solution-focused ideas when useful.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, learning coping skills, and improving communication and boundaries. Corina often emphasizes practical tools that clients can use between sessions. Her background includes work in inpatient addiction treatment, outpatient settings, and in-home therapy with community agencies.
That experience shaped her approach to substance use, communication problems, and anger management. Corina reports a history of supporting people through trauma, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. Corina says faith has influenced her personal and professional life and informs how she approaches counseling.
In session she aims to be both sensitive and straightforward, helping people address present concerns and past issues that still affect daily life. She prefers video sessions so she can better observe nonverbal cues, but also offers phone, live chat, and text-based messaging when needed.
Corina encourages a collaborative relationship that helps clients try new strategies and improve how they cope and relate to others.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the client leads the pace and content of sessions; this approach helps people feel heard and gain confidence in making changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and help with addiction-related patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then suggest practices to try. Sessions can blend methods when that better meets a person’s needs, and the plan is adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit counseling into busy lives. Video calls are preferred so the therapist can pick up on visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be quicker check-ins. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when someone needs flexibility outside of scheduled sessions. These options let people access licensed professionals from different places in Florida without traveling.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish