- Years in practice
- 29
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Christina
Christina Macnamara is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly three decades of experience. She practices in Florida and works with adults facing stress, grief, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. Christina uses straightforward, practical talk to help people sort through hard choices and painful feelings.
She frames therapy as a partnership. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and small steps that move them forward. Christina draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and solution-focused ideas to create clear, usable strategies.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and down-to-earth. Conversations often include looking at unhelpful thinking, trying new behaviors, and noticing values and priorities. She adapts the work to each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Christina has experience across many life challenges, including trauma and abuse, caregiver stress, chronic illness, adoption and foster care issues, and relationship concerns. She also helps with self-esteem, ADHD, and coping with major life changes. Sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
People who choose her often want practical tools they can use between sessions and a steady collaborator through difficult transitions.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Christina lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Christina commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT helps people clarify what matters most to them and take steps toward those values, even when uncomfortable thoughts and feelings show up. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right approach is part of the early work together. She will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. That way the plan reflects your needs and can combine methods when useful, so therapy stays practical and goal oriented.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let you work face-to-face when discussion and visual cues matter. Phone calls can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messages are useful for shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or when you want to keep a written record of ideas and steps. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
Questions people ask about Christina
What concerns does Christina help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and parenting issues, along with related concerns like self-esteem and caregiver strain.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She focuses on practical steps, clear goals, and techniques you can use between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with 29 years of experience working with adults across a wide range of life challenges.
Where is she based and what is her license?
Christina is based in Florida and holds the LCSW credential in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
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 scheduling according to therapist availability.
More therapists for parents in Florida
All in Florida
Paula Schneider
LCSW
Florida 20 years in practice
Practical, respectful therapy for parenting and relationships
- Addictions
- Relationship
- Family
Deana Duckenfield
LMHC, LPC
Florida 6 years in practice
Practical, goal-focused support for parents
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
Arielle Simpson
LMHC
Florida 12 years in practice
Supportive LMHC for parenting stress
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief