Clinical Focus
Clinical Focus | Christina Papanestor, LCSW
Individual Therapy
  • Identity Issues (ethnic, racial, gender, sexual, professional, age)
  • Life Transitions
  • Relationship Difficulties
  • Mood Disorders
    • Depression
      • Including sadness and stress responses to life transitions, grief/loss
    • Anxiety
      • Including generalized anxiety, excessive worry/doubt, chronic stress
  • Body Image and emotionally-influenced eating
  • Trauma & Loss
  • LGBTIQQ / Coming Out
  • Creative Processes (musicians, performers, academics)
  • Family of Origin struggles (acculturation, assimilation, separation/individuation)
  • Moving into Parenthood (identity and relationship challenges)
  • Professional Growth & Career Planning
Couples Therapy
  • Same-sex and heterosexual couples therapy
  • Issues of diversity in relationships
    • Sexual Orientation & Coming Out
    • Race, religion, ethnicity, or age differences
    • Financial differences
  • Relationship Issues
    • Balancing work and personal life
    • Communication difficulties
    • Financial difficulties
    • Jealousy
    • Intimacy challenges
  • Adjusting to Parenthood