Christina Lacey, LMFT

Christina Lacey is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who entered the profession as a second career after raising a family and gaining deeper self-awareness. She practices in a private setting and provides therapy to couples, individuals, and older adults, with a particular dedication to serving an underrepresented elderly population. Christina is also a certified grief counselor and draws on her own experiences with therapy as both a teenager and an adult to inform a compassionate, empathetic approach.

Her family history with anxiety and depression shaped an understanding of how mental health affects not only an individual but the entire family system. As a marriage and family therapist she uses a systemic lens, considering the relationships and contexts that influence someone’s well-being. Christina works collaboratively with clients to set clear goals and to identify strengths that support meaningful change, using solution-focused and narrative techniques alongside her systemic perspective.

Christina brings openness, respect, and sensitivity to the therapeutic relationship, regularly measuring progress to maintain motivation and ensure the work remains on track. She recognizes that therapy can be challenging but believes that with steady effort and support, individuals and families can move toward a better place. She looks forward to working with prospective clients seeking thoughtful, relationally informed care.

Approaches and online therapy for relational and emotional concerns

Christina integrates Attachment-Based Therapy, which explores patterns of connection and trust formed in early relationships and how they influence current partnerships and family dynamics. This approach is useful for people working on intimacy, relationship repair, and attachment issues.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; CBT is often effective for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns by offering practical tools and structured coping strategies.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Christina collaborates with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods over time so the work fits the client and the situation rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging increases flexibility and accessibility, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to continue care from different locations. These options allow clients to engage in consistent work with licensed professionals while choosing the format that feels most comfortable and practical for them.