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Cristina Chinchilla, LCSW

Stress, Anxiety Trauma, Abuse Anger management Self esteem, Motivation Depression
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About me

If you are here, then you have made the courageous decision to seek help on your healing journey. I want to congratulate you for making that brave choice!
My name is Cristina Chinchilla and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Florida. I help individuals that are healing from trauma, struggling with their identity, feeling hopeless, without purpose, having difficulties navigating current challenges or simply at a loss on how to cope with the messiness of being human.
As a therapist, it is important to me that you feel heard, validated and understood. My goal is to help you feel as comfortable as possible while sharing your most vulnerable thoughts and pain. Using a straight forward approach that is unbiased and objective; we will work on breaking toxic patterns and generational curses.
Many years of experience has taught me that amazing growth and change can happen with a few months of hard work and focus. I have extensive background in trauma related mental health issues such as: PTSD, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, hopelessness, family violence/abuse, and addiction. My therapy style is a collaborative, strengths based, solutions focused approach to include trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and person centered.
Ultimately, I feel that the answers are always within you and my role is simply to help you find them. It is my greatest honor to be part of your healing journey.

Professional experience

10yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Trauma, Abuse Anger management Self esteem, Motivation Depression

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family problems, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, HIV / AIDS, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues

Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

TX LCSW 114541

FL LCSW SW18636

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Cristina Chinchilla. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Christina is wonderful! I am happy to finally have a therapist that is willing to actually work on things and not just listen to me talk!

Written on Jul 14, 2023 after therapy with Cristina for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes

Cristina is a wonderful therapist who is a great listener, gives great advice, helps me understand myself better and I've learned so many tools to help me cope with day to day struggles with my anxiety and OCD. I felt really heard and understood by Cristina.

Written on Jul 10, 2023 after therapy with Cristina for 1 year and 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and coaching

Absolutely amazing.

Written on Jul 03, 2023 after therapy with Cristina for 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues

I love meeting with Cristina and I look forward to talking to her. She has helped me work through a number of things and I'm so happy Better Help matched me with her! She is exactly what I was looking for and I'm excited to continue to work with her.

Written on May 23, 2023 after therapy with Cristina for 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd

Cristina is an amazing therapist and confidant. In my time working with her she quickly was able to identify different aspects of my personality, trouble areas, things to work on, things to develop, etc. I always felt like she knew me extremely well and was appreciative of all her efforts to help find tactics, exercises, solutions to help me grow as a person. Even more so she helped me understand myself on a level that I didn’t even realize I could reach to the point where I’ve completely upgraded my personal view and self image. I learned to love myself through my journey with her and will be forever grateful for that.

Written on Apr 11, 2023 after therapy with Cristina for 1 year on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

Very helpful always listen to what I had to bad she is leaving Better Health.

Written on Mar 26, 2023 after therapy with Cristina for 1 year and 1 month