Christa Jacaruso

Christa Jacaruso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of experience. She helps high-functioning adults who manage work and life demands but feel overwhelmed inside. Her focus includes addictions, relationship patterns, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Christa practices in Connecticut and speaks English.

Christa takes a direct and collaborative approach. She works with clients to set clear goals and teaches practical skills to support lasting change. Sessions emphasize understanding patterns, building emotional regulation, and creating realistic plans for daily life.

Her background includes long-term work with substance use and behavioral addictions, and recovery from harmful relationship dynamics. She also supports people coping with aging, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and the emotional fallout from separation or other big transitions.

Christa uses a mix of evidence-based methods, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, clinical hypnotherapy, and art therapy, chosen to fit each person’s needs. She helps people who experience intense emotions or recurring interpersonal problems practice new ways of relating and responding.

Clients who do best with Christa are motivated to work actively in therapy and try new skills between sessions. She aims to be both challenging and supportive while keeping work grounded in concrete steps that can be applied to everyday life.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online work

Christa blends practical, evidence-based techniques to help people manage strong emotions and change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication; it is often used for intense emotions and recurring interpersonal problems. Mindfulness practices focus on present-moment awareness and grounding skills that reduce reactivity and support calmer decision making. Clinical hypnotherapy offers guided mental techniques to address habits, cravings, and stress responses by working with focused attention and suggestion.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christa will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods as needed. Together they decide which tools fit a client’s needs and daily life.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow follow-up or skill check-ins between in-person commitments. It also supports shorter check-ins when time is limited and lets people practice skills in the settings where they live and work. Licensed professionals can adapt DBT skills training, mindfulness exercises, and hypnotherapy-informed work to remote sessions so treatment stays practical and focused on everyday change.