Dr. Christina Raphael DMFT, LCSW, CST

(she/her)

Accepting Clients

Hi, I'm Dr. Christina Raphael, a skilled Clinical Social Worker, Marriage & Family Therapist, Educator and Clinical Sexologist .

Psychotherapist in Florida

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Services

  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Adolescent/Teen
  • Group

About My Clients

Are you looking looking for someone that is respectful, supportive, provides a judgment free environment and a space to heal? Would you like to Recover, Reinvent and Revitalize your life, on your terms? I can help you! As a skilled Clinical Social Worker, Educator, & Sex Therapist, I have extensive experience in various Family systems models, trauma, sexual abuse, as well as Child and Adolescent Development. I practice from a solution-oriented lens, to work on the issues toward solutions.

My Background and Approach

I practice from a solution-oriented lens, which allows me to work on the issues you are facing to work toward solutions. In addition to my 10 years of clinical experience and I am also an AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist, a credential that ensures the public I am uniquely qualified to treat a wide range of sexual issues. AASECT certification protects consumers by distinguishing those therapists who have achieved rigorous standards and the highest levels of clinical competence. My style of therapy includes guiding clients through transitional crises utilizing a holistic, mind-body wellness approach. With my broad range of combined knowledge training and experience, I am able to provide a warm, and comforting environment while providing a space where individuals, couples and families can gain awareness and greater healing.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Collaborative Couple Therapy Trauma Therapy

Other Techniques

  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Family Systems
  • Family Therapy
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy
  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
  • Intervention
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)
  • Trauma Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties

Anxiety Marriage Counseling Sexual Abuse or Assault

Other Issues

  • Abuse
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Anger Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar
  • Career Counseling
  • Child Issues
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief or Loss
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Men's Issues
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Racial Identity
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Sexual Problems
  • Spirituality
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Women's Issues

Client Focus

Languages
English

Qualifications

License
DMFT, LCSW, CST, State of Florida · #1982030490
Supervision
Provides supervision to apprentice therapists · currently accepting supervisees
Years in practice
15 years

Insurance Plans Accepted

  • Out of Network
  • Aetna
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Optum
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
  • United Healthcare
  • AvMed
  • Florida Blue

I offer online counseling in the following states:

Hours & Availability

New clients welcome
Currently accepting new clients
Telehealth
Available

At A Glance

  • Experience: 15 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $100 - 250/session

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