Work with Ana Cristina Giaquinto (LCSW, PSWII, PPSC) - Teen Counseling Online Therapist

About me

Welcome to Better Help Self-Care Time!My name is Ana Cristina Giaquinto, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 12 years of experience working with teenagers and parents. My approach is eclectic including client-centered, social focused and attachment therapy utilizing dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing techniques . If you experience anxiety, depression, panic attacks, parenting and relationship issues, have been exposed to trauma and/or suffers from some kind of addiction, please let me help you not only feel well and happy, but also realize your highest potential and deep wishes. I have been trained in NMT brain mapping, Seeking Safety and Circle of Security. I am a great listener, compassionate, and non-judgmental professional who can give your objective and caring feedback. Let's work together!

Specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationships
Trauma, Abuse
Parenting issues
Depression

Also experienced in:
Addictions , Family conflicts , Grief , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Sleeping disorders , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Compassion fatigue , Abandonment , Aging and Geriatric Issues , Antisocial Personality , Attachment issues , Blended Family Issues , Body image , Codependency , Control issues , Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster , Dissociation , Divorce and separation , Domestic Violence , Eating and Food-Related Issues , Emptiness , Expats , Family Problems , Forgiveness , Guilt and shame , Immigration Issues , Impulsivity , Infidelity , Isolation / loneliness , Jealousy , Midlife crisis , Mood disorders , Narcissism , Panic disorder and panic attacks , Personality Disorders , Phobias , Postpartum Depression , Post-traumatic stress , Pregnancy and childbirth , Prejudice and Discrimination , Sexual Assault and Abuse , Traumatic Brain Injury , Trichotillomania , Women's issues , Workplace issues , Young Adult Issues Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 14

Services offered

Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video

Languages

English

Spanish

Portuguese

Licensing

CA LCSW 79290

Reviews

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

Written on Apr 02, 2021 after therapy with Ana Cristina for 5 months on issues concerning addictions

Ms. Giaquinto is a warm, compassionate listener and advisor. I look forward to our weekly sessions as a time to share and re-balance. She has helped me develop tools and confidence for my self-care and well being.

Written on Jan 17, 2021 after therapy with Ana Cristina for 2 months on issues concerning relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

Ana Cristina is a supportive, engaged listener and trustworthy confidant. I feel extremely comfortable sharing deeply personal highs and lows in my life. Talking with Ana Cristina is like having a comforting, sweet tropical breeze sweep over you. I instantly feel calmer and more motivated after our sessions. I cannot recommend her enough.

Written on Jan 10, 2021 after therapy with Ana Cristina for 2 months

She is friendly and relateable

Written on Nov 10, 2020 after therapy with Ana Cristina for 2 weeks

The sessions I have with my counselor help me with many anxiety episodes and just my day to day challenges. I’m so thankful I have my counselor to lean on when needed, and I feel like she is teaching me ways to be able to go through my days without feeling the way I was before talking to her. I’ve only talked to her twice and already feel a difference. I definitely will be utilizing teencounseling.com and their resources for forever now.