- Guilt and shame support
- Mindfulness exercises
- CBT and DBT techniques
About Krystine
Krystine Garay is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Florida with six years of experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family and parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and feelings of guilt and shame. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Krystine grew up in Miami and has worked with people across ages, including children, adolescents, and adults. Her clinical background includes work in domestic violence, substance use, and family conflict that intersects with the court system. She has also supported children with co-occurring disorders in medical settings.
In earlier clinical training she completed rotations at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. There she used mindfulness exercises, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and dialectical-behavioral techniques to help young people learn coping skills for both psychological and physical symptoms. Those practical techniques remain part of how she structures sessions.
Krystine aims to give concrete tools that people can use between sessions. That often looks like practicing mindfulness, learning thought patterns that feed anxiety or shame, and building small communication skills for family and parenting situations. She presents these steps plainly and focuses on what a client can try next.
Her background in both individual and family-oriented therapy informs how she looks at relationship strain and parenting stress. She also works with issues like attachment, impulsivity, panic attacks, and forgiveness, always keeping explanations straightforward and actionable.
How therapeutic techniques work in online sessions
Krystine commonly uses cognitive-behavioral techniques that help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments. This approach is practical for anxiety, panic attacks, and patterns that support shame or low self-esteem.She also uses mindfulness exercises to help people notice their moment-to-moment experience. Mindfulness can reduce reactivity and support learning new ways to respond to upsetting memories or harsh self-judgment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with clients to decide which techniques fit their goals and daily life. That process includes checking what feels doable and adjusting methods as progress is made.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals use a range of approaches online and Krystine will help match methods to what a client hopes to address.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she address related to guilt and shame?
She works with guilt and shame alongside stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns. Forgiveness and self-love are also part of her focus areas.
How would she approach feelings of shame from the past?
She uses practical techniques like mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and dialectical-behavioral techniques to help people notice thought patterns and learn coping skills.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has six years of experience and has worked in settings including hospital rotations and cases involving domestic violence, substance use, and court-related family conflict.
Which credentials and state licensure does she hold?
She holds the credentials LMHC and LMFT and is licensed in Florida as FL LMHC and FL LMFT.
Can sessions be done in Spanish?
Yes. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she accept clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what about cost?
Session cost varies with location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.