About Cristina
Cristina Alba brings an evidence-based approach to therapy, combining practical techniques with a compassionate, person-centered stance. She is an LCSW licensed in Indiana and draws on six years of clinical experience to help people navigate relationship struggles, family conflict, trauma and abuse, depression, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
Her work emphasizes respect and sensitivity while adapting conversation and treatment plans to each individual’s circumstances. Cristina focuses on building collaborative therapeutic relationships that support clients through issues such as abandonment, attachment challenges, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and codependency.
She also addresses body image, commitment and control issues, coping after natural or human-caused disaster, dependent personality patterns, divorce and separation, and domestic violence. Cristina encourages clients to take courageous first steps toward change and offers empowerment-focused support as they pursue more fulfilling, sustainable ways of living.
Fluent in English and accepting international clients, she provides multiple session formats to accommodate different needs and schedules. Prospective clients are invited to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
Evidence-Based Methods and Online Access
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical skills and insight to address relationship strain, trauma, and mood concerns. For example, cognitive-behavioral strategies help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to depression or communication problems. Attachment-informed approaches explore relational patterns and help people develop more supported ways of relating after experiences like abandonment or disrupted caregiving.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to clarify goals, assess which techniques fit those goals, and adjust the treatment plan as needs and preferences evolve. That partnership helps ensure interventions align with the client’s values and life circumstances.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to access licensed professionals from different locations and at varied times. These formats can make it easier to maintain continuity of care, integrate sessions into a busy schedule, and choose the communication method that feels most comfortable for each person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Illinois
- Languages
- English