Christina Lacey, LMFT

New York · 8 years in practice

Christina Lacey, LMFT, helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and major life changes.

License and registration

LMFT, New York: 001586 · expires September 2027
NPI: 1063063865 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 8
Languages: English

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About Christina

Christina Lacey, LMFT, helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and major life changes. She also supports those dealing with depression, parenting concerns, intimacy questions, self-esteem struggles, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and caregiver fatigue. Christina is based in New York and brings eight years of clinical experience to her practice.

She began therapy later in life after raising a family, and that personal journey shapes how she works. She listens and asks practical questions to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable steps that fit everyday life. Christina uses a systemic perspective to look beyond one person and see how relationships and roles affect feelings and behavior. She combines attachment-based ideas with cognitive and behavioral strategies to address thoughts, emotions, and interaction patterns.

Emotion-focused and dialectical approaches help when emotions run high or feel overwhelming. In sessions she uses narrative and solution-focused methods to identify strengths and rewrite unhelpful stories. Progress is checked regularly so goals can be adjusted and momentum maintained.

She aims to make therapy straightforward and focused on changes that matter. Christina brings particular attention to family dynamics, blended-family concerns, aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, and end-of-life matters. She also supports people coping with illness, life transitions, infidelity, divorce, forgiveness work, and finding life purpose.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Christina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Grief
Depression
Coping with life changes
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Bipolar disorder
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Family problems
Forgiveness
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Infidelity
Life purpose
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Social anxiety and phobia

Approaches Christina names

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Online support

Practical therapy approaches for online care

Christina commonly blends a systemic approach with attachment-focused work and cognitive behavioral strategies. Systemic work looks at how relationships, roles, and family patterns shape feelings and behavior, which helps when problems affect more than one person. Attachment-based ideas focus on how early and current bonds influence trust and closeness and can clarify why people react strongly in relationships.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets thoughts and behaviors that keep distress going and offers concrete skills to shift those patterns. Each method is described plainly in sessions and chosen to match the concern at hand, whether it's anxiety, grief, or relationship stress.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with the client to clarify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process is used whether sessions focus on mood, communication, caregiving strain, or life transition work.

Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work with lower bandwidth, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing processing between sessions. These formats make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and different comfort levels.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Christina help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, self-esteem, ADHD and bipolar challenges, plus caregiver fatigue and many life transitions.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is practical and collaborative, focusing on clear goals, small steps, and regular progress checks to keep momentum in therapy.

What is her clinical background and experience?

She has eight years of clinical experience and draws on personal experience with therapy as well as professional practice in marriage and family therapy.

What credentials and location apply to this therapist?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in New York.

Which languages are sessions offered in and are international clients supported?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available online?

Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does cost and billing work for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working with her?

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