- Bilingual English Spanish
- Focus on anxiety
- Practical coping skills
About Krystine
Krystine Garay is a licensed mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist based in Florida. She speaks English and Spanish and brings six years of clinical experience to her work. Krystine aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship strain in straightforward, practical ways.
Her background includes work with children, adolescents, and adults in a range of settings. That experience covers domestic violence, substance use concerns, family conflict in court settings, and co-occurring disorders in young people. She has used mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral exercises, and dialectical-behavioral techniques in these roles.
While a psychology intern, Krystine completed clinical rotations that included time at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. There she supported young people with co-occurring conditions, combining breathing and grounding practices with skills to handle emotional and physical reactions.
In sessions she focuses on clear tools people can use right away. Examples include short breathing practices for panic symptoms, thought-challenging for anxiety, and communication exercises for relationship tension. She encourages steady progress rather than perfection and aims to make steps feel achievable.
Krystine invites people to start when they feel ready and frames therapy as a collaborative process. She offers help for parenting stress, attachment concerns, grief around divorce and separation, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and building greater self-love along with the other issues listed.
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Krystine uses evidence-based techniques in simple, practical ways. Cognitive-behavioral techniques focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and worry. Mindfulness-based practices teach brief grounding and breathing exercises that help calm the body during panic symptoms and intense stress. Dialectical-behavioral skills offer straightforward tools for regulating emotions and improving distress tolerance.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to each person's needs and goals, then try techniques that fit those priorities. Clients and the therapist review what helps and adjust the plan as they go to find the right mix of strategies.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online therapy helpful because it can fit around work, school, or parenting demands, reduce travel time, and allow quick check-ins when needed. Other practical benefits include using short exercises between sessions, practicing skills at home, and keeping continuity of care when schedules change.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What types of concerns does this therapist address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, self-esteem, and related issues like attachment problems, communication difficulties, guilt, shame, impulsivity, and panic disorder and panic attacks.
How would you describe the therapy style used in sessions?
Sessions emphasize practical, evidence-informed techniques such as mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral exercises, and dialectical-behavioral strategies to build coping skills and manage emotional and physiological reactions.
What kind of clinical background does the therapist have?
She has six years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in settings that included hospital rotations and cases involving domestic violence, substance use, co-occurring disorders, and family conflict within the court system.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
She is licensed in Florida as an LMHC and an LMFT and practices professionally in Florida.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can clients outside the United States work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.