- Practical coping skills
- Addiction recovery support
- Relationship boundaries
About Christa
Christa Jacaruso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 24 years of experience helping adults manage stress, relationships, and addiction concerns. She focuses on practical change and works with people who feel successful on the outside but overwhelmed inside. Christa offers a direct and compassionate style that aims to turn insight into everyday skills.
Christa tailors sessions to each person's goals and circumstances. She helps people build coping skills for anxiety, depression, trauma, and burnout. She also supports recovery from alcohol, drug, and behavioral addictions, and assists those healing from emotionally abusive or narcissistic relationships.
Her work emphasizes clear, usable tools. Clients often practice emotional regulation, boundary setting, and communication strategies. She draws on evidence-based techniques and adapts them to what a person actually needs day to day.
Christa has experience with caregiving stress, blended family dynamics, chronic illness and pain, and issues related to aging. She also addresses codependency, dissociation, eating-related concerns, and problems tied to technology or compulsive behaviors.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Christa looks for patterns that keep problems stuck and helps people try new approaches. She invites motivated adults who are ready to do the work needed for lasting change.
Christa tailors sessions to each person's goals and circumstances. She helps people build coping skills for anxiety, depression, trauma, and burnout. She also supports recovery from alcohol, drug, and behavioral addictions, and assists those healing from emotionally abusive or narcissistic relationships.
Her work emphasizes clear, usable tools. Clients often practice emotional regulation, boundary setting, and communication strategies. She draws on evidence-based techniques and adapts them to what a person actually needs day to day.
Christa has experience with caregiving stress, blended family dynamics, chronic illness and pain, and issues related to aging. She also addresses codependency, dissociation, eating-related concerns, and problems tied to technology or compulsive behaviors.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Christa looks for patterns that keep problems stuck and helps people try new approaches. She invites motivated adults who are ready to do the work needed for lasting change.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Experience
24+ years
Credentials
Connecticut
Languages
English
Approaches that help you make practical change
Christa commonly integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness-based strategies into her work. DBT focuses on building skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships, which can help when emotions feel overwhelming or lead to recurring conflicts. Mindfulness practices teach simple attention and breathing techniques that reduce reactivity and support clearer choices.She also uses clinical hypnotherapy and creative methods like art-based interventions when those fit a person's goals. Hypnotherapy can help with focused work on habits or stress responses, while art-based approaches let people express and process feelings that are hard to name. Which approaches are used will depend on each person's needs and preferences, and Christa will collaborate to find the best fit.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Many people find virtual sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. A therapist and client can decide together which techniques and session rhythm work best for daily life and goals.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Christa help with?
She works with concerns such as addictions, relationship difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and related issues like codependency and chronic illness.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative, direct, and compassionate, with an emphasis on practical skills and lasting change rather than only insight.
How much experience does she have?
Christa has 24 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and practices in Connecticut.
Can clients meet in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to start therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.