Kristina Marchese, LPC
Practical support for overwhelm and trauma recovery
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
How Kristina works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Arizona
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kristina
Kristina Marchese is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of clinical experience based in Arizona. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, anger, trauma, eating concerns, and low self-esteem. Her approach is practical and steady, aimed at helping people regain balance and a sense of control in daily life.
She describes distress like a pebble thrown into a pond – a single event that keeps creating ripples.
Background and approach
Kristina helps people identify that original ripple and name the ways it still affects emotions, relationships, work, and routines. Sessions are meant to be down-to-earth, paced to each person, and focused on useful steps rather than jargon. Kris works with the emotional fallout trauma can leave behind, including intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, and intense feelings such as anger, guilt, or shame.
She aims to help people access inner strengths and make choices that restore their sense of agency. Her style balances empathy with practical problem solving. People looking for help with body image, eating and food-related issues, attachment concerns, impulse control, or communication problems will find relevant focus areas in her work.
She also addresses issues like loneliness, codependency, and life purpose when those themes come up in sessions. Kristina offers a steady, collaborative space to sort through difficult emotions. She takes time to get to know each person and works with them to reconnect to their own voice and strengths.
What Kristina works with
Everything Kristina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kristina's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Eating and food-related issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Somatization
Evidence-informed techniques for online care
Kristina draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage strong emotions and the impacts of trauma. One approach she uses focuses on identifying triggers and teaching coping strategies you can use in daily life; this helps reduce intense reactions like panic or anger by giving clear steps to try. Another part of her work involves processing how past events still affect current feelings and relationships, helping people make sense of intrusive thoughts and emotional flashbacks so they take up less space in day-to-day life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristina works with each person to figure out what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan over time rather than sticking to a single method from the start.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls let you work face-to-face from different locations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options can help people fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
Questions people ask about Kristina
What concerns does Kristina commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating and food-related struggles, anger, and low self-esteem, along with related issues like body image and codependency.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and steady, pairing empathy with steps you can try between sessions. The focus is on identifying what still causes distress and rebuilding control.
How much experience does she have?
Kristina brings nine years of experience as a practicing clinician to her work with people facing trauma, anxiety, and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) holding an Arizona LPC and is based in Arizona.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available for online work?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on what fits the person best.
How does cost and payment work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.