- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Christina
Christina Laydon is an LICSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Massachusetts. She has 24 years of experience helping people face stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and other life changes. Christina aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can feel heard and clear about next steps.
She draws on straightforward, practical techniques. Sessions focus on naming goals, breaking them into manageable steps, and tracking small wins.
Background and approach
Christina offers guidance and teaching alongside listening, so clients leave with tools they can use between sessions. Her background includes work in both inpatient and outpatient settings. That range means she is used to supporting people through intense moments and everyday struggles.
She has supported clients dealing with grief, anger, low self-esteem, relationship strain, and social anxiety. Christina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy in her work. She adapts these approaches to each person's situation rather than following a single formula.
Treatment plans are built to fit the individual’s needs and goals. Parents and caregivers will find practical strategies for managing stress and family challenges. Christina explains techniques in plain language and helps people try them out between sessions.
She encourages small, sustainable changes that add up over time.
What Christina works with
Everything Christina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Christina helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Christina lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How practical approaches translate to online therapy
Christina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people manage thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing small changes that lead to different results. Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes skills for regulating emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to zero in on clear goals and the steps that move a person toward them. That approach is brief and action oriented, which many people find useful when juggling parenting or busy schedules. Choosing the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide what feels most useful based on goals, needs, and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good when visual connection helps conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging fits people who want to reflect in writing or fit sessions around busy days. These options make it easier to fit consistent work on goals into everyday life.
Questions people ask about Christina
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, grief, anger, relationship and family issues, and coping with life changes. Caregiver stress and social anxiety are also areas she focuses on.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is respectful and interactive. She listens first, then offers practical guidance and teaches tools to help people reach their goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 24 years of experience working in both inpatient and outpatient settings with a wide range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an MA and practices as an LICSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, in Massachusetts.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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