Christa Perz, LCSW-R

Christa Perz is a licensed clinical social worker with eighteen years of experience helping people navigate relationship strain, anxiety, depression, grief, and addiction concerns. She practices from New York and speaks English. Christa works with adults who are managing life changes, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and challenges around intimacy and self-esteem.

Christa uses a client-centered stance that keeps each person's values and goals at the center of the work. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Mindfulness and narrative tools are woven into sessions when they help someone make sense of hard memories or rebuild a life story after trauma.

Her approach is direct and warm. Sessions are practical and collaborative. She helps people set realistic goals and tries techniques in-session so clients can practice between meetings.

Christa has experience addressing complicated issues such as bipolar disorder, chronic pain, compassion fatigue, and addiction-related problems. She also supports work on boundaries, communication problems, money stress, and midlife transitions. Her background includes working with adults around hospice and end-of-life concerns and the emotional effects of caregiving.

People who choose Christa usually want straightforward feedback, a steady therapeutic presence, and tools they can use day to day. She asks questions, reflects what she hears, and helps shape a plan clients can try and adapt. Getting started involves a short matching process and scheduling a time that fits each person's needs.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Christa uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioral experiments. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it focuses on concrete steps and practice.

She also emphasizes a client-centered approach that prioritizes each person's values and goals. This means sessions focus on what matters most to the person, and the therapist follows their lead while offering reflections and options.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christa will work together with each person to choose or adapt methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Techniques can be adjusted as progress is made and new priorities emerge.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow more face-to-face interaction, while phone sessions can work well when video is difficult or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, between-session coaching, or clients who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and try different formats to see what feels most effective.