- Years in practice
- 28
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Annemarie
Annemarie Cristino is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of counseling experience. She helps people facing depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem struggles, and parenting concerns. She aims to create a calm setting where people can speak freely and feel heard.
She focuses on understanding how difficult feelings develop and on practical ways to move forward. Conversations cover thought patterns, coping strategies, and small behavior changes that build confidence. She also addresses relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues like jealousy and infidelity.
Background and approach
Annemarie uses straightforward techniques to help shift negative thinking toward more helpful perspectives. She supports people working through career stress, sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue. Her experience includes hospice and end-of-life counseling, which shapes a gentle approach to loss and bereavement.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. She encourages steps people can try between meetings and reviews what helps. The emphasis is on practical skills and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Based in New York, Annemarie aims to empower people who want a more fulfilling life. She guides clients toward clearer thinking and more resilient behavior, helping them take the next steps toward change.
What Annemarie works with
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- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
Therapeutic techniques and online care
Annemarie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on thinking and behavior. Cognitive-style approaches look at unhelpful thinking patterns and teach ways to reframe thoughts, which can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and increase self-esteem. Behavioral strategies involve trying small, manageable actions between sessions to build new habits and improve sleep and daily routine.She also draws on supportive counseling methods that prioritize listening, validation, and practical problem solving. This helps when people are coping with grief, end-of-life concerns, compassion fatigue, or relationship stress. Choosing which approaches to use is a collaborative process; the therapist and client work together to decide what fits the person’s goals, needs, and preferences over time.
Online therapy offers a range of session formats that make it easier to fit care into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick skills practice, or scheduling flexibility. These options help people access consistent support from licensed professionals without needing to travel.
Questions people ask about Annemarie
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people with depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting, grief, trauma and abuse, sleeping problems, compassion fatigue, career worries, infidelity, and jealousy.
What is her general approach in sessions?
The approach is conversational and practical. She focuses on understanding how problems develop and on teaching tools to change negative thinking and everyday behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 28 years of professional counseling experience to her practice.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices in New York.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
International clients are accepted and sessions can be arranged across borders when scheduling allows.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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