About me
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I am a bilingual and bicultural Licensed Mental Health Counselor licensed in Florida with over 15 years of experience working as a psychotherapist. I have worked around the world- in Mexico, in the US, in Germany, in Japan, and in US, and worked in a wide variety of settings, including extensive work in community mental health, substance abuse/addictions, child welfare, and with military and veteran populations. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including couples/relationship issues, anxiety, depression, immigration-related issues, abuse and trauma, divorce and separation, and grief and loss, among other things. I have also worked extensively with the Marine Corps in the area of force preservation and suicide prevention, and have worked with other branches of the service as well, both in the US and OCONUS. With children, I have worked extensively in both Spanish and in English in helping teens deal with a wide variety of issues- including issues related to problematic behaviors, family issues, attention issues, stress, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, social issues, bullying/harassment, gangs, addictions, and just dealing with adolescence and what it takes to find your way in life.
My counseling style is warm and interactive. I believe in treating anyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and I don't believe in stigmatizing labels. I also believe in meeting teens and parents where they are at and in providing candid, supportive, and REAL feedback without babying or talking down to the teens I work with. My approach combines cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, mindfulness training, and other techniques. I also have incorporated many things I have learned in my travels and interactions with psychology in other cultures and countries into my extensive training. I will tailor our interactions and treatment to help you meet your goals and work collaboratively with you every step along the way.
It takes courage to seek for a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. If you are ready to take that step I am here to support and empower you!
I look forward to working with you!
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationships
- Trauma, Abuse
- Intimacy
- Depression
Addictions , LGBT , Family conflicts , Grief , Parenting issues , Anger management , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Compassion fatigue , ADHD , Abandonment , Attachment issues , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy
Services offered
Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video
Languages
English
Spanish
Licensing
AZ LPC LPC-22815
FL LMHC MH7506
WA LMHC LH 61513073
Reviews
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I had taken a break from teencounseling.com for a couple of years but coming back was so easy and Dr. Gonzalez did not miss a single beat, she is professional, warm, kind and really gets to the bone of the matter. I couldn't ask for a better therapist and I am so happy to be back.
Dr. Gonzalez helps me gain new insights and perspective. She helped me navigate big changes like cancer diagnosis as well as annoying little squabbles with my husband. Through it all, I count on her wisdom and professional expertise.
Dr. Gonzalez is an excellent listener. I appreciate that she is open to all modalities of ways to find support in addition to talk therapy. She allows me the freedom to speak at length during our sessions and never makes me feel like I'm being rushed. I really appreciate that I was paired with her almost 4 years ago.
If you happened to match with her as your therapist, consider yourself gods favourite. She is the absolute BEST.
simply the best
Having her there to help guide me to a better me has been indescribable. Not having to do this alone has made it worth it.
Dr G is absolutely amazing! She’s super understanding and very supportive in her advice. She’s helped me through a rather hard event and I’ve never once felt ignored or dismissed. She’s an absolute pleasure to work with!
Dr. González has been incredible for my mental health. I really cannot recommend her enough. I’ve been to therapist for the last ten years for a variety of reasons, and none have been as efficient and helpful as she has. Truly she has helped me through some of the toughest times I’m my personal relationships while also providing the insight I need on myself to a better person. She’s a God Send, and my mental health has never been better.
Christina is so warm, understanding and straight to the point. I love talking to her and her messages are explicit
I love working with Dr. González on my mental health needs. She has a calming voice and listens to my concerns and worries. She also keeps you on track and gives you a different prospective. I have learned useful tools and coping skills. I stopped therapy for almost a year and when I was ready to return, it felt like I never took a break. I would strongly recommend her.
Dr. González has a flexible schedule, but her appointments book up quick. I would recommend making a follow up appointment right after your session is over. There are no assignments, which it bothers me when therapist give you assignments like when you are in school. She may tell you to reflect or try something but that’s it.
Love her approach when it comes to sorting issues out .
Always supportive and caring.
Someone that’s actually makes you understand that it’s okay to be a little bit different.
Couldn’t recommend her enough!
Don't know where I'd be without Dr Gonzalez.
An excellent therapist and a great listener. Always has something to say that helps.
Dr Gonzalez is awesome!! She has given me so many coping strategies. I highly recommend her.
Dr. Gonzalez is phenomenal! She helped me get through the roughest season of my life in my marriage. And I couldn’t thank her enough. She listens really well, remembers things from passed sessions, and bridges our sessions as if it wasn’t even a week or more apart. So it really helps connect things from the last session! I highly recommend her!
Dr G is great
She is amazing!
Dr. Gonzalez is extremely knowledgeable and supportive at the same time. She has a broad experience and has recommendations for many issues that I struggle with. She's also a great listener and remembers what we talked about in previous sessions and follows up. The more I talk to her the more helpful it is, since she is able to recognize patterns in my thinking and behavior that are hard to see and address on my own! Highly recommend Dr. Gonzalez!
Christina is a great counselor. I’ve been working with her for almost a year now and she has given me a lot of help and support with my relationship, anxiety, depression and addiction problems.
I would highly recommend her, to others!
We love Dr Gonzalez. She always listens to both and provides amazing advise.
Has change my perspective of thinking to a more positive way that I am genuinely more happy and. I longer have suicidal ideation.
Dr. Gonzalez is always there for me when I was in the bottom of life and was experiencing lots of confusion. She is warm and very attentive; she is like a best friend to me now! I feel supported. I recommend any patients with international background. Dr. Gonzalez will understand you because she had been though the similar situations like yours which is soul searching while experiencing many cultures outside of hers. She has a deep insights into that. I believe she has touched to many people's hearts by her warm, big heart with her smartness!
Dr. Gonzalez is a remarkable therapist. I have found so much value in the insights we have uncovered together and I always appreciate her authentic and affirming way of tackling challenging topics with me. She is really the best!
Dr. Gonzalez balances objectivity and empathy, expertise and freshness, warmth and professionalism as she guides and encourages me toward realistic goals. I would wholeheartedly recommend Dr. Gonzalez to anyone seeking therapy for any reason.
I love Dr. Gonzalez, she's helped me so much in each of the sessions I go to, I've seen a difference in myself of which I am very proud of, and could not have done without her help! Thank you!
Dr. Gonzalez is a transformational coach that gives 110% to each and every client. Her warmth, colorful personality, and deep understanding makes talking with her a joy and also so very cathartic! She listens intently, and processes deeply, I always feel so heard and understood! She also just has a KILLER sense of humor and makes me laugh all the time! She has a thorough understanding of mental illness and has a holistic and solution-based approach that helps you not only recover, but THRIVE even when it seems like it's impossible to do so. Mental illness doesn't have to define you, you CAN manage with coping strategies and live a happy and healthy life without the heavy & draining burden constantly. She has taught me that by putting in some work, you can change the thoughts patterns that run rampant in your mind, and with maintenance of healthy habits & extra self care, you can OWN your life and who you are, no matter what your past looked like. So thankful for having Dr. G in my support system!
She’s incredibly kind, insightful, and down to earth.
Dr. Christina is amazing! She is very well prepared and has a non-judgemental approach that fosters confidence and openness to discuss difficult and challenging subjects that are the core of the work to overcome adversities.
She is extremely dedicated and committed to my success, yet respects my role in my process. I have made massive strides with her help. She is highly recommended!
I've seen a handful of counsellors in my 28 years, some who have been great, but Dr Christina, with her absolute wealth of compassion, sympathy, and understanding, supported with years of experience and well-rounded knowledge, was the first one to suggest that many of my struggles could be attributed to ADHD. After receiving a diagnosis from my family doctor, and more of my own research, I feel the most profound relief, and JOY, that Christina was able to listen to my myriad of problems and concerns and guide me to a disorder, a diagnosis, and ultimately a solution. I cannot thank you enough Christina, and cannot recommend your services more highly
truly has helped me understand things about myself that i wouldn’t have noticed before
I was immediately comfortable with Dr. Gonzalez from our first appointment. She allowed me to voice my thoughts and needs while gently suggesting different approaches to solve my problems and increase my mental well being. She is great and look forward to continuing to work with her!
So helpful
I wrote a review about Christina already a while back, but was asked to do it again.
All in all, she is wonderful. She's like my escape from life, in the sense that we talk to each other and I feel like I can tell her everything. Just today, I replied to a message she'd sent me and she was really helpful when it came to the things I'd ask about. I highly recommend her and may she get the best of everything. ❤️
Dr. Gonzalez is a wonderful counselor. The issues I discussed with her were very difficult to talk about and yet she made me feel very comfortable. She is an excellent listener and offers insights and practical ways to help without being judgmental or “preachy”. My issues were very long-standing and complicated; with her doctorate level of education, she gave me an extra measure of confidence in her expertise.
Dr. Gonzalez meets you where YOU are —emotionally and intellectually— and doesn’t use a “one size fits all” approach. I also greatly appreciated that she didn’t speak in cliches or psycho-babble (a personal pet peeve).
Needless to say, I would highly recommend Dr. Gonzalez.
Christina is amazing
Caring and understanding.
Dr. Gonzalez is so warm and kind that I feel like I’ve known her for many years. She’s a great listener, and I feel that in just a short time she was able to help me gain a new and positive perspective on life that has given me renewed hope in my future.
She’s really nice, easy to talk to and makes me comfortable opening up.
She's really kind, respectfully always answers when we text her. I really really appreciate everything she does for my son.
Dr Gonzalez is very kind and understanding. I really feel like she gets me and helps in so many ways. We’ve only just started talking recently but I feel confident in her abilities and look forward to talking to her more.
Dr. Gonzalez is highly experienced and excellent with my son. She has been able to connect with him and make quick progress with the issues that we were addressing.
For the short time that I worked with Dr. Gonzalez I have improved so much with my anxiety and depression. I’ve learned many new things I can do that have already helped me ground myself and keep track of my moods and triggers. I would totally recommend her, she is very sweet and it feels like you’re talking to a friend.
Christina is smart, she’s got a great work ethic and knows her stuff, she is not judgmental, she will listen and give you straight up some good advice. I’ve had a couple of aha moments with her like life changing realizations and I’m not an easy customer. I don’t open up easily.
I have only had ongoing messages back and forth with Dr. Gonzalez. So far, I feel like she really does understand what my concern is and her questions are very on topic and point.
She's a wonderful woman. She understands me because she's an immigrant like me! Very good doctor!
Very responsive, supportive in her guidance. Understanding and acknowledged where you are while helping you decide your course.
Dr Gonzalez has been warm, empathetic and supportive throughout the entire therapeutic process. She's able to understand my issues well. I'm really glad to have found her on teen counseling. Thanks Dr Gonzalez!
Dr. Gonzalez is a knowledgeable, honest person who finds positivity in any situation. Constructive advice and helpful exercises.
Dr. Gonzales is quite wonderful. She is very patient and compassionate. It is very comforting to talk to her because it seems like I am talking to a friend I have not seen for a long time. Dr. Gonzales makes you feel heard and understood.
Christina is absolutely amazing.
If you need someone to push you to do great things, Dr Gonzalez is the one!
My life has had such a positive change since starting therapy with Dr. Gonzalez and I am able to make more rational, informed, and controlled decisions in my day-to-day life.
Dr. Gonzalez is caring, supportive, and offers helpful ideas to cope with anxiety. She is funny and easy to talk to, and I’ve definitely had a good experience with her in the sessions we’ve done together!
She has been very good at sussing out the root problems and offering solutions to work on them.
Our sessions always help me calm down and reset. Very glad I found her!
AMAZING! Dr. Gonzalez is so so helpful, she explains and suggests alternative ways to approach things, and is so helpful at giving me some insight and understanding. She shows genuine concern and wants to help and understand the best she can! honestly the best ever!
Christina has been supportive, light-hearted, funny and incredibly helpful so far in talking through issues and how to tackle problems.
Dr. Gonzalez has helped me to grow even more as a person by understanding where I'm coming from and supporting me every step of the way. I'm glad I had her as my counselor.
She has been understanding and giving me worksheets so I can think more about myself.
Dr. Gonzalez has been very supportive and empathetic from the beginning. She replies promptly to my messages and when I don't write to her for a day or two, she reaches out to see how I'm doing. She has been a great comfort at a difficult time for me.
Dr. Gonzalez is understanding and non-judgmental. Quick to respond and guiding in reflection.
Dr Gonzalez is a very understanding counselor. She has helped me improve through her sessions and also with exercises. I would definitely recommend her as my counselor.
Christina is caring, prompt and interesting. Very good counselor.
She is amazing! No words to describe how comfortable and supported she makes you feel.
Dr. Gonzalez hasn't been my counselor for that long, and I've never done counseling before, but I really feel like I can trust her, and I believe in her abilities.
She's been very friendly and makes it easy for me to share my thoughts with her.
I would definitely recommend her to someone else who hasn't done counseling before.
Christina, I appreciate you so much
Dr. Gonzalez is a incredibly thoughtful, honest and compassionate therapist. I really appreciate her guidance and wisdom, she has a wealth of experience and has been helpful in all sorts of dynamic circumstances.
She is the most professional, kind-hearted person we’ve had as a counselor. We are grateful for her and if we come back to teencounseling.com we would love to be match with her again. She is punctual and uses a different technique each time for me and my husband to connect or be on the same page. Thank you so much, Dr. Christina.
I believe she is receptive and open-minded about my issues and am eager to see her views on possible solutions. I am more than comfortable with her counseling.
Dr. Gonzalez is a refreshing break from the cliche couples therapist experience. She is there when we need her and draws from her international experience to offer support in our unique struggles living abroad with a young baby. She doesn't make it feel like a chore to "go to" therapy, instead, we look forward to our weekly sessions and always end our call feeling closer and able to laugh together and keep moving forward. After some time spent with a few other counselors on this platform, we appreciate Dr. Gonzalez so much and are so glad to have found her.
I feel miles away from where I first started with Dr. Gonzalez. She's been an ENORMOUS help in getting me where I wanted to go. I wanted to express massive gratitude, as well as a feeling of great luck of having been matched with her in the first place. She has consistently made me feel that I was fully in charge of my own recovery, as well as very taken care of by her. She offered me an ideal mix of simply hearing my stories/echoing them back to me, asking insightful questions that kept me thinking for days after, and practical advice to prevent falling into anxiety.
She is awesome!
Dr. Gonzalez is a good listener, she makes you feel comfortable. I highly recommend her services. You won't regret it.
Amazing lady that devotes her time to listening to you and helping you understand your problems, she has helped me so much and for that I will be forever eternally grateful.
Dr Gonzalez has been extremely helpful to me in reaching my goals. She clearly understands me and what’s going on with me and doesn’t hesitate to make me look at my motivations and to offer more appropriate coping strategies.
Dr. Gonzalez made me feel at ease as soon as I started talking to her. I feel like she really listens to what I’m saying and understands the issues I’m telling her. She is very knowledgeable and offers me great insights. I truly feel like I couldn’t have found a better counselor.
Helpful and understanding with a lot of expertise ( e.g relationships ).
Dr. Gonzalez is kind, warm and helpful, a wonderful listener with a great sense of humor. Her insight and help has been invaluable and I would highly recommend her to anyone who needs a sympathetic ear.
Christina helped me organize my thoughts and reflect effectively after I felt sad and confused after my break-up. She listened, then talked to me and gave some advice and described things as my ex might have percieved them, to offer me a new perspective. Afterwards, she recommended books for me to read to learn more about relationships and myself. Very patient and very helpful. I definitely recommend her! :)
Very present. Excellent listener. She kept checking in with me to see how I was doing.
I have found Dr. Gonzalez to be a thoughtful and knowledgeable person to talk with. She responds to my messages with deliberate care, she listened attentively during our video talk, and has a wide range of experiences that help shape the perspective that she offers. I'm glad to have connected with her.
Dr. Gonzalez is a good listener from my experience with her. I have had two sessions to date with her and we say goals for the first one and then went into the issues in the second one and picked on a specific one to discuss. She gave me a tool to start using to help combat the issue I discussed with her. I have yet to get to the part of experiencing her as a therapist in terms of helping me resolve these issues but I'm sure she is well capable to do these eventually for me as time progresses on. I would definitely recommend her to people I know, once I have seen my results.
Wonderful!
Dr Christina Gonzalez is very supportive, she is always there and offer very specific experience to help you become better.
Dr. Gonzalez is very understanding, open minded, honest, and open about herself, which makes her easy to talk to. I am surprised that I have found someone that is this easy to discuss these things with.
I can not express how much I appreciate Dr Christina help. She is the most compassionate caring person I ever saw in my life. I was suffering from PTSD and career difficulties and she made me feel validated and accepted and renewed my energy so much that i now feel that I can face ANY challenge. Imagine that one session made me feel so much better because of her warm nature. If anyone is facing any challenge then I will recommend Dr Christina Gonzalez because she made a big difference in me after just a couple of sessions.
I had my first session with Dr. Gonzalez, and I am already feeling a sense of relief. I was nervous before our video call started, as opening up to someone I don’t know is a little uneasy. Christina made me feel very comfortable; she listened and I understood and felt connected with what she was saying. Very grateful.
I want to share that I feel so fortunate that teencounseling.com matched me with Dr Christina Gonzalez. She was perfect for me at a time when I needed help with some personal difficulties. Her understanding, support and help to work through my recent transition into retirement after 17 years of working in an area I was passionate about to a complete lifestyle change moving onto my sister’s property. She was very professional through out discussing other personal family issues with her.
I feel like I have arrived a much more stable and confident place to be able to move forward with my new life journey!
Thank you Dr Christina
Christina makes you feel so relaxed and opened yourself. It did help me a lot to talk to someone who doesn’t really know me and give me advices. She makes you feel comfortable, I will definitely continue my therapy with her. She is so professional on what she does , I highly recommend her.
She is very down to Earth. I feel Dr. Gonzalez truly cares about her patients.