he/him
Cristobal Lopez
LMFT
Location
Virtual, California
Insurance Accepted
Anthem Blue Cross Of CA, Aetna, Health Net/MHN, Cigna/Evernorth, Blue Shield of California
Communication Style
Authentic, Calming, Humorous, Open-minded, Warm
Focus areas
Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, Grief, Immigration, Life Transitions, Stress
Experienced with
Parents, Immigrants
Years of Experience
10+
I always find it a great honor and privilege when someone shares their story, their pain, and joys in life.
License number
#86806
Therapy style
I see therapy as a collaborative process where I bring my training and experience into the therapy room and you bring your life experience in order to work towards making life better. The collaborative process is important in all aspects of the therapy process, creating a safe environment, setting goals, doing the work between sessions, checking on progress, and checking on the overall process. My hope is that we are moving towards creating a rich and meaningful life and we move towards that together.
The way I work is by being curious about who you are, and I always find it a great honor and privilege when someone shares their story, their pain, and joys in life. Opening up about struggles can be very scary and it is my hope to attune to what you need in this therapeutic relationship by listening, watching, asking questions, and sharing my own experience in the therapy room. This therapeutic relationship is so important in this process that I often find myself checking in about how that is going. I recently finished my training in Brainspotting as well.
Approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Solution-focused
- Strengths-based
Education
MS - Counseling, California State University, East Bay
Interests
My interests are spending time with my family, wife, son, and daughter, we go camping and hiking often. I enjoy playing with my dogs, I have a Boxer/Pit mixed, and a Rhodesian Ridgeback. I also love trying new coffee, when I visit new places I seek out local coffee shops that roast their coffee. I also really enjoy cooking and eating good food.