my name is Cristina Ramirez. I’m a licensed mental health counselor providing virtual psychotherapy, emdr, and couples counseling to adults and adolescents in Florida. My background includes working with people experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, body image distress, substance use concerns, difficulties with emotion regulation, relationship problems, and patterns that have become difficult to change on your own. my style as a therapist is engaged and collaborative. I’m interested in understanding not only what you're doing or feeling, but what function it serves and why it has been difficult to change. sometimes it means learning a concrete skill, challenging a belief, truing something differently between sessions, or paying closer attention to what's happening in the present moment.
I also don't believe being professional requires being impersonal. I'm a real person in the room with you. I'll react, ask questions, laugh with you when it makes sense, and tell you when I see something differently than you. at the same time, I take the responsibility of being your therapist seriously. I individualize treatment based on your needs and goals while using my clinical judgment to determine when to support, when to challenge, and how we can make the most of our work together.
