Welcome to Psychologically Minded Therapy.
If you’re here because you want something more out of your life – better connection, more confidence, deeper joy – then you’re in the right place.
On paper, you might have a great life.
You might have a challenging job you enjoy, a cosy home you’re proud of, and a comfortable lifestyle. You might even be aware that you have a lot to be grateful for.
But deep down, you feel like something is missing and this is making you anxious.
Maybe you…
Feel unsatisfied in your close relationships.
Struggle with loneliness even when you have a family life, romance, or friendships.
Feel consumed by anxiety, overwhelm, and worries.
Feel simultaneously that you might be too much and not enough.
Question the way you act, feel and engage with the world.
You want freedom from your anxiety. You want confidence in yourself and your relationships.
You want to enjoy a more meaningful and fulfilling life. But you’re not sure how to get there.
Hi, I am Cristina
I’m a counselling psychologist dedicated to supporting you in finding the joy, connection, and confidence you crave. I provide relational anxiety therapy Online. Aside from individual therapy I also provide mental health workshops, training and clinical supervision and consultation. And I work 1-on-1 with people who struggle with the intersection of anxiety and relationships.
Anxiety in all its forms has the ability to leave us feeling consumed by doubt, disconnection and dissatisfaction.
As the daughter of multicultural immigrants, I understand firsthand how worrying about the future can suck all the joy, presence, and connectedness of life. Being the daughter of immigrants makes you feel different. In turn, you overthink your interactions and the way you act. You question whether what you are feeling or thinking is normal or not. You become hypervigilant as you are so worried to mess up. These worries can come as overpleasing, getting angry, feeling anxious after interactions with others, or avoiding situations. You always feel activated and it’s hard to just be.
Now, I work with people that struggle with anxiety and in their relationship with others. I help people as they learn how to enjoy the little things in life, even when circumstances are hard. I help them discover who they really are and learn how to become more deeply connected with themselves and others.
Anxiety and relationships are often thought of as separate entities. But in truth, our connections make us who we are. They greatly inform our mental health and our meaning in the world. Many therapists specialise in one or the other, without acknowledging how deeply interconnected they are.
Your relationships are the lens through which you view the world. And when your connections with yourself and others don’t feel sustaining, it’s only natural to feel anxious, overwhelmed, low, and doubtful.
Anxiety may show up in your life as:
Ruminating about conversations and interactions (“I should have done that better” or “Why did I say that? I wish I had said something different”).
Lack of confidence in your choices or values. Doubt and worry about how you act and feel.
Never feeling like you’re enough for others or yourself. Feeling inadequate.
Comparing yourself to people around you.
Unsure of how to connect deeply with others – whether they be romantic partners, family, friends, or coworkers.
Constantly criticising who you are, the choices you have made and the way you act or feel.
Anxiety often forms due to a lack of trust in yourself and in your relationships with others.
And you don’t have to feel anxious and disconnected forever.
I’m here to help you make sense of your life’s patterns, find clarity in your story, cultivate trust and compassion for yourself, and form deeper and more meaningful connections. When you understand the patterns and stories that shaped you, then you can begin to rebuild the life – and the relationships – you want.
“The quality of your life ultimately depends on the quality of your relationships”
-Esther Perel