Christa Jacaruso

Christa Jacaruso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than 24 years of clinical experience. She helps adults who appear to have it together but feel overwhelmed inside. Her work focuses on practical change as well as understanding what keeps patterns going.

Christa draws on evidence-based techniques to help people manage intense emotions and recurring relationship problems. She supports recovery from substance and behavioral addictions and helps clients navigate major life transitions and burnout. Sessions aim to teach clear skills for coping and making steady progress.

Her style is collaborative and direct, with a compassionate tone. She helps clients set specific goals and uses techniques suited to each person. People who are willing to take an active role in therapy tend to get the most from her work.

Christa has experience addressing issues such as emotional abuse, narcissistic relationship recovery, communication problems, and caregiver stress. She also works with concerns tied to aging, chronic illness, autism and Asperger Syndrome, and grief from separation or divorce. Her background includes helping those affected by compulsive behaviors such as gambling and problematic internet use.

Sessions are available to adults in Connecticut. Language offered is English. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Christa uses evidence-based approaches to address strong emotions and recurring relationship patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, focuses on learning concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. It helps when feelings feel overwhelming or relationships keep repeating the same conflicts.

Clinical hypnotherapy is used as a tool to access focused attention and build new ways of responding to stress or habit-driven behavior. Art therapy brings nonverbal expression into the room and can help people access feelings that are hard to put into words. Both methods are applied with clear goals and practical steps for change.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they decide whether to emphasize skills training, exploratory work, or a mix of techniques based on progress and comfort.

If you plan to meet online, confirm the available session formats before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-in conversations when needed. Licensed professionals adapt the pace and tools to make remote sessions as practical and useful as in-person meetings.