- Mind-body work
- Nervous system focus
- Pain reprocessing
About Christina
Christina Azaredo is an AASW social worker with ten years' experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression and big life changes, including social anxiety and phobia.
Christina uses mind-body and somatic approaches as a base for her work. She draws on her training and personal experience with chronic pain to guide sessions that consider both body sensations and life history. Sessions move at a steady pace and centre on building practical ways to notice and respond to distress.
Her background includes a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Human Services, and she is an AASW member. She also works with techniques such as Pain Reprocessing Therapy and embodied approaches. Christina is completing a Diploma of Counselling to further develop her clinical skills.
In practice she takes a relational, collaborative style. Early sessions focus on understanding what is happening in a person’s life and body, and on deciding together if this way of working fits. She pays attention to nervous system responses and the role they can play in ongoing symptoms.
People who have found her helpful include those navigating chronic pain, medically unexplained symptoms, grief and trauma, or ongoing anxiety and self-criticism. Christina supports people who want to explore emotional patterns, nervous system regulation, and practical steps to reduce fear and re-engage with daily life.
Approaches used in online sessions
Christina commonly uses Pain Reprocessing Therapy and somatic or embodied processing work. Pain Reprocessing Therapy looks at how the brain and nervous system can keep pain going, and it uses guided awareness and gradual retraining to reduce protective pain responses. Somatic and embodied processing focuses on bodily sensations and movement to help people notice how stress shows up in the body and try different responses.She also draws on acceptance-based techniques that help people make space for difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that matter to them. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work; Christina will talk with each person about goals and preferences and decide together which techniques to try first.
Session formats are not specified in the supplied biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life, for example by reducing travel time, matching appointments to a lunch break, or allowing a check-in without needing a long commute. It also makes it simpler to continue work when health or mobility make in-person visits difficult. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt exercises and nervous system regulation techniques to an online setting so the work remains practical and hands-on.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes, including social anxiety and phobia and chronic pain related issues.
What is her approach in sessions?
Her work is grounded in mind-body and somatic approaches, with a relational, collaborative style that explores feelings, body sensations and life history.
How much experience does she have?
Christina has ten years of clinical experience working with people facing chronic pain, trauma, anxiety and complex emotional concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Human Services, and is an AASW social worker based in Australia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to start.