Annemarie Cristino, LCSW

Annemarie Cristino is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 28 years of professional counseling experience. She focuses on helping people understand how depression and anxiety develop and offers practical tools to navigate and reduce their impact. Annemarie creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be expressed safely, and she partners with clients to explore patterns that limit wellbeing.

She emphasizes changing negative thinking into more constructive perspectives as a way to build self-esteem and foster greater courage in everyday life. Annemarie supports clients through each step of personal change, recognizing that seeking a more fulfilling and happier life requires determination. Her approach centers on empowering individuals to take those first steps toward meaningful change while providing steady encouragement and guidance along the way.

With decades of experience, Annemarie helps clients translate insight into action, teaching strategies that can be applied outside the therapy session to promote resilience and sustained growth.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Flexible Online Care

Annemarie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on identifying and reshaping unhelpful thought patterns to increase self-esteem and emotional resilience. These methods help clients recognize negative thinking and develop more balanced perspectives, which can reduce the intensity of depressive and anxious symptoms.

She also employs skills-based strategies to manage stress, improve sleep, and navigate grief and relationship challenges. These practical tools teach coping skills and behavioral changes that clients can apply in daily life to feel more capable and grounded.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Annemarie works with each person to understand their goals, needs, and preferences, and together they tailor techniques that best fit the client’s situation and pace of change.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how care is delivered - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access support from where clients are most comfortable. Licensed professionals and therapists can adapt these approaches effectively in virtual formats to support ongoing progress and wellbeing.