Christine Selario, LCSW

Christine Selario is a New York based licensed clinician with 27 years of experience helping people navigate depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, and the challenges of family life. As an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she draws on extensive clinical experience to tailor care to each person's circumstances and goals, offering empathetic guidance for communication difficulties, panic attacks, and issues related to adoption and foster care.

Her practice centers on understanding the whole person and the systems around them, so interventions address both individual coping skills and family dynamics when appropriate. Christine creates a supportive atmosphere that encourages clients to explore emotions, build practical strategies for daily life, and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.

She combines professional insight with a warm, patient manner and emphasizes collaboration in the therapeutic process. Clients work with her to identify priorities, learn tools to manage symptoms, and move through transitions with steady support and realistic goals.

Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care

Christine Selario uses evidence-based techniques that emphasize practical skills and relational insight. One approach focuses on cognitive and behavioral skills - helping clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop new behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage panic, and ease depressive symptoms. Another approach centers on family and relational work - improving communication, resolving conflicts, and strengthening support systems for clients dealing with family stress, adoption issues, or caregiving challenges. She also incorporates relapse-prevention and coping-skills strategies for those addressing addictions, equipping people with tools to manage triggers and maintain progress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Christine works collaboratively with clients to determine what fits best. She discusses goals, preferences, and life circumstances to tailor methods over time, adjusting techniques as progress is made and needs evolve.

Online sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain continuity during transitions. These options offer flexibility in scheduling and multiple ways to communicate so clients can choose the format that feels most accessible and helpful for their work with a licensed professional.