Dr. Christina Gonzalez, LPC, LMHC

Dr. Christina Gonzalez uses cognitive behavioral therapy as a central part of her work. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with two decades of clinical experience. She speaks English and Spanish and practices from Florida.

She helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy struggles, and addiction concerns. She also supports people dealing with grief, parenting strain, career transitions, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and other life changes. Her work includes attention to attachment, abandonment, and family of origin issues.

Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions involve clear, practical conversations and tools people can use between meetings. She combines cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based ideas, existential thinking, and mindfulness practices to fit each person’s needs.

Dr. Gonzalez has worked in many settings over her career, including community mental health and substance abuse services. She has experience with immigration-related issues and has provided work related to suicide prevention and force preservation in military contexts. That breadth informs how she tailors care for different challenges.

In sessions she aims to be respectful and direct. People can expect collaborative goal-setting, skill-building, and attention to values and meaning when relevant. Her bilingual background also helps Spanish speakers feel understood and heard.

How online therapy uses CBT, ACT, and attachment ideas

Dr. Gonzalez often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and learn practical skills to change behavior and reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. CBT focuses on patterns you can work on in and between sessions to get tangible results.

She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify what matters most to them and build a life guided by those values, even when uncomfortable feelings arise. Attachment-based ideas are used to understand relationship patterns and how early bonds influence current communication and intimacy problems.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress is made. That collaborative process helps people stay engaged and make steady changes.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different needs. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit into a lunch break. Live chat or messaging supports brief check-ins, between-session coaching, or people who prefer typed communication. These options make it easier to connect from varied schedules while keeping therapy practical and focused.