Cristina Lorefice
Calm practical support for change
About Cristina
Cristina Lorefice offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed. She helps with stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship struggles, eating and self-esteem concerns. Cristina speaks English and Italian and works with people across the United Kingdom and internationally.
She draws on 16 years of experience as a BACP counsellor. That experience has included people facing depression, relationship problems, domestic violence, addiction and body image difficulties. Cristina focuses on understanding what matters to each person before planning sessions together.
Background and approach
Her style is flexible and down-to-earth. Sessions are conversational and aim to make sense of difficult feelings and habits. Cristina uses a mix of client-centred listening, practical cognitive work and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.
She pays attention to life events that matter - abandonment, cancer, caregiver stress or separation - and to problems that come with strong emotions, such as control issues or codependency. Cristina can also support people dealing with drug or alcohol addiction and eating-related difficulties. People can expect a collaborative approach where goals are agreed together.
Cristina adapts tools to what fits each person, whether that is short problem-focused work or deeper exploration of values and meaning. She aims to create steady, manageable steps toward change.
What Cristina works with
How Cristina works
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Listed by Cristina among the ways they work.
Listed by Cristina among the ways they work.
Listed by Cristina among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Approaches you can use online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding what matters most to the person. The therapist listens without judgement and helps people find their own solutions; this approach can help with low self-esteem and feeling stuck.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT works on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises to spot unhelpful thinking and try alternative behaviours, which can be helpful for anxiety, stress and low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cristina will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that match the person’s needs. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers real flexibility. Video calls let people use body language and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick reflections, journalling-style exchanges, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family commitments and travel, while keeping continuity of care when life is busy.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Italian
