Christina Stanley
Compassionate, practical care for stress and mood
MD, LCSW-C Maryland
- Experience
- 16 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Coping with life changes
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Christina
Christina Stanley, MD, LCSW-C, offers 16 years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. She focuses on building practical coping skills while addressing related concerns such as attachment issues, mood disorders, multicultural challenges, and the effects of prejudice and discrimination.
Background and approach
Her work also supports those exploring self-love and women's issues. Her style blends warm, client-centered listening with structured, evidence-informed techniques like cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods to create realistic, goal-oriented plans.
Christina emphasizes culturally responsive care and attends to how systemic and interpersonal factors shape emotional well-being. Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances empathy with concrete tools for daily life.
Based in Maryland, she brings a background in both medical and social work disciplines to her practice, combining clinical knowledge with practical therapeutic skills. Christina aims to help people strengthen resilience, clarify values, and make sustainable changes that improve mood and functioning over time.
Approaches and Online Options for Practical Change
Christina uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop behavioral strategies that reduce anxiety and improve mood; this approach is often applied to stress, depression, and coping with life transitions. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathetic listening and supports clients in exploring values and personal insight without judgment. These methods together aim to combine practical skills with a respectful, person-focused stance.
Deciding on the right approach is a collaborative process. Christina works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts techniques over time so the work feels meaningful and achievable. Clients can expect treatment planning that balances short-term problem solving with longer-term personal growth.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access care from Maryland and fit therapy into busy lives, allowing continuity of support and frequent skill practice between sessions.
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Experience
16+ years
Licensed
Maryland
Languages
English