Christina Ortiz-Marquez, LPC

Christina Ortiz-Marquez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 17 years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, and addictions. She also addresses sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and other life changes.

Christina uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to help people manage strong feelings and repeated patterns. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to teach skills for managing emotions and changing unhelpful thoughts. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) ideas also appear in her work, helping people clarify values and take steps that matter to them.

She has a background supporting first responders and survivors of sexual assault, and she pays attention to attachment and communication problems that keep conflicts cycling. Sessions are focused on skill building, noticing patterns, and practicing new ways of responding to stress and anger.

Christina frames treatment as collaborative. She listens for what is getting in the way of daily functioning and then suggests manageable exercises and communication practices. Many clients find that small, consistent changes reduce reactive responses at work and home.

Her practice emphasizes plain language and usable strategies rather than technical jargon. People who want to reduce snapping at loved ones, lower work-related frustration, or stop resentment from building up will find practical tools and steady clinical experience in her approach.

How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions