About Christina Algeciras
Miami Psychotherapist & Licensed Mental Health Counselor
A Depth-Oriented Approach to Psychotherapy
People come to work with a psychotherapist in Miami and throughout Florida for many reasons not only because something feels wrong, but because familiar ways of coping no longer bring relief or meaning. You may notice yourself repeating patterns that are difficult to explain, feeling emotionally reactive in ways that don’t quite make sense, or carrying stress in your body long after you understand what’s happening cognitively.
My work is grounded in a psychodynamic framework, which means we pay close attention to how early experiences, relationships, and unconscious patterns continue to shape present-day emotional life. Rather than focusing solely on symptoms, we explore meaning: how your inner world has been organized over time, and how these patterns show up in relationships, work, creativity, and self-perception.
Equally central is the mind–body connection. Emotional experience is not held only in thought, but in the nervous system and the body itself. In our work, we attend to sensation, affect, and physiological responses alongside insight. This integrated approach allows change to be not only understood, but felt and embodied; supporting greater regulation, resilience, and emotional capacity.
Depth Over Quick Fixes
While some therapeutic approaches emphasize short-term symptom reduction or discrete skills, my work is oriented toward longer-range emotional development and integration. We take time to understand how patterns have formed, how they are sustained in relationship and in the body, and what allows them to gradually shift.
This depth-oriented process supports changes that are not only relieving in the moment, but enduring; reflected in greater coherence, a more stable sense of self, and increased freedom over time.
This work is well suited for people who are willing to engage thoughtfully and over time, while remaining responsive to the rhythms of life and change — therapy that adapts as you do, rather than rushing toward resolution.
What the Work Looks Like
Therapy unfolds at a deliberate, humane pace. We slow the process enough to notice what is subtle: shifts in feeling, moments of tension or ease, relational dynamics as they arise in the room. Over time, this creates more choice, less reactivity, more agency, and a steadier relationship with yourself.
I work with adults and teenagers, offering a space that is grounded, relational, and attuned. My role is not to direct or advise, but to think with you, to help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself and to support meaningful, lasting change.
About Christina — Psychotherapist in Miami
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, National Board Certified Counselor, and depth-oriented psychotherapist in Miami and throughout Florida via telehealth — feel free to contact me to learn more. My work is grounded in psychodynamic, relational, and somatic perspectives; trauma-informed and attentive to the ways emotional life is shaped, regulated, and expressed through the nervous system and the body.
Before entering clinical practice, I spent over a decade in the corporate world, an experience that continues to inform my understanding of performance, pressure, leadership, and the internal demands of high-functioning professional life. Following that chapter, I spent twelve years as a yoga teacher, a period that deepened my sensitivity to embodiment, nervous system regulation, and the way stress is held and released in the body. These foundations inform how I listen and how I work moment to moment in the therapy room.
I also bring a multicultural lens to my work. The child of Swiss and Cuban parents and a first-generation American, I have a particular attunement to questions of identity, belonging, cultural inheritance, and the subtle ways history lives in both psyche and body.
My clinical formation has been shaped by rigorous post-graduate training alongside sustained personal inquiry — including a three-year BodyDreaming certification, ongoing coursework through the Florida Psychoanalytic Center, and continued study through Jungian institutes. I am currently pursuing advanced psychoanalytic training.
I approach this work with care, discernment, and a genuine respect for complexity; less interested in quick answers than in cultivating the conditions that allow deeper understanding to emerge.
Education & Licensure
Licensed Mental Health Counselor — Florida License #MH20281
National Board Certified Counselor (NBCC)
Master of Science in Counseling — Nova Southeastern University
Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership — St. Thomas University
Advanced Clinical Training
Ongoing education and training is an essential part of my development as a clinician. Some of my trainings and continuing education include:
Psychoanalytic Candidate – Florida Psychoanalytic Institute
BodyDreaming — Three-Year Clinical Certification
(Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, Attachment, Jungian & Feminist orientations — developed by Jungian Analyst Marian Dunlea)
Florida Psychoanalytic Institute — Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Certificate & Ongoing Lecture Series
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional — International Association of Trauma Professionals
The Body Keeps the Score: Trauma Healing — Bessel van der Kolk, MD
Attachment & Relational Psychotherapy — Continuing Advanced Training
Jung Society of Washington — Educational Offerings & Conferences
International Jungian Societies — Lectures & Conferences
Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy — Research & Educational Forums
Psychological First Aid — National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Clinical Supervision & Consultation
Clinical supervision is an integral part of ethical and evolving practice. Ongoing consultation supports depth, discernment, and continued growth as a clinician. I engage in regular supervision with Dr. Galit Atlas and Dr. Eugenio Duarte.
Professional Affiliations
American Psychoanalytic Association
Florida Psychoanalytic Institute
Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology
International Psychoanalytical Association
Jung Society of Washington
Marion Woodman Foundation
Psi Chi — International Honor Society in Psychology