About Cristina
Cristina Lopez-Mera brings more than 20 years of experience as a licensed mental health counselor in Florida. She uses a straightforward style and practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, substance issues, grief, and life transitions. Cristina works in both English and Spanish and focuses on clear goals that matter to each person.
Her background includes work across a wide age range and many clinical areas, so she can draw on varied experiences when a new problem arises.
Background and approach
She combines client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and make different choices. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit when someone needs help finding the will to change. Cristina keeps sessions focused and down-to-earth.
She teaches relaxation and grounding skills, and helps clients set short-term steps toward longer goals. She also addresses concerns like self-esteem, relationship challenges, work stress, identity issues, and grief in practical ways. People meet her for help with addictions, coping with life changes, family-of-origin issues, and mood disorders.
She makes room for cultural and immigration concerns and discusses financial or career stress openly. Her approach aims to make therapy feel relevant and manageable for daily life. Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Cristina asks people to name what matters most, then works with them to build a plan that fits their schedule and priorities.
How Cristina's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what each person says matters most. It helps people feel heard and supports them in finding their own answers rather than following a set plan.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches skills to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.
Mindfulness therapy adds simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These techniques can be used when someone wants tools to manage strong emotions or tense moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cristina will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. She adjusts recommendations over time based on what is helpful and what is not.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows a more traditional face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth or no camera is preferred. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or when fitting sessions into a busy day. These options help make it easier to keep consistent progress despite a packed schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English, Spanish