Cristi is a compassionate psychotherapist, skilled Reiki energy healer, Priestess, dancer and artist. With over 10 years in the counseling field, she specializes in integrating clinical care, intuitive insight and body-based awareness with creative expression into her work with clients. As an avid nature lover, you will often find Cristi out hiking and exploring beautiful areas of California where she lives. She draws on the seasonal and elemental wisdom of nature in her work as a therapist and artist.

Cristi is also a loving mom and enjoys spending time with her boys and loved ones. When not in the office, you will also find her creating beautiful works of art, such as her mixed medium paintings, which incorporate ethically gathered items from the natural world infused with magical blessings. You may also find Cristi moving at a 5Rhythms Dance event. 

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After a dark night of the soul experience 15 years ago, she began her transformative healing journey and the process of rebuilding herself from the inside out. This activated a profound kundalini awakening experience, which re-ignited her interest in world cultures and traditions and her study of spiritual and energy practices. Cristi has been studying, exploring, and developing her personal spiritual practice ever since. She received her counseling degree from CIIS (CA Institute for Integral Studies), which blended Eastern spirituality and Western psychology and exposed her to many world traditions and practices. This informs her integral approach to counseling and holistic healing by drawing from a variety of approaches, as well as holding the goal to balance all aspects of self (body, mind and soul) in the therapeutic process.

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Cristi draws on her 15-year career as a schoolteacher and now loves teaching Reiki energy healing to care professionals, mindfulness and other self-development expressive arts classes. She enjoys holding sacred space for other women in women’s circles, groups and her mentoring services. She especially loves helping you fall deeply in love with yourself and your life, just as she has herself!