Christina Tesoro

The most important facet of a therapeutic relationship is meeting each person where they are with regard to their goals and needs. As a therapist, I work from a trauma-informed, strengths-based perspective; as such, I strive to gently but directly confront toxic shame by contextualizing our coping mechanisms as examples of our bodies’ incredible resiliency & drive to keep us safe. With warmth, I seek to help you identify and unlearn harmful cultural conditioning and, with the courage of authenticity, uncover your own innate wisdom. Harm lives in our bodies, and healing, therefore, must be embodied, too. My approach is to move with you toward an integration of mind-body healing, exploring the ways we might use creative self-expression and intentional relationships in order to live more authentic, joyful, and embodied lives. Early on in our work together, I like to get a sense of who you are, though I recognize that opening up to someone new is a vulnerable and often intimidating proce