Holistic and Chronic Illness/ Chronic Pain Psychotherapist 
California License #73271 , Oregon License #L12895, Washington License #LW61237433
(619) 797-6383
hello@beginwithintoday.com
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Provides Teletherapy and Coaching Virtually: Yes (All Platforms)

Teletherapy available within California, Oregon, and Washington

Christina P. Kantzavelos, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist@beginwithintoday, award-winning gluten-free and health-conscious food, travel and lifestyle writer @buenqamino, and Author of the Begin Within Today Healing Journals, for chronic illness and mental wellness.  She received both her BA and MSW from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and her MLIS from San Jose State University (SJSU). 

She specializes in treating clients with chronic health conditions (aka spoonies and medical refugees) and trauma (including medical trauma). Chronic medical conditions (i.e. PPD, diabetes, dysautonomia, EDS, Lyme disease, Bartonella, Hashimoto’s, mast cell activation syndrome, vasculitis, back, and neck pain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, vertigo, IBS, IBD, sickle cell disease, mold illness, etc.) often come with significant challenges, like fear, anxiety, medical PTSD, and may interfere with relationships and daily function. It is her experience and belief that chronic illnesses are often rooted in trauma(s) that cause a chronic stress/fight-or-flight response, not allowing the body to prioritize healing. She utilizes various holistic evidence-based treatment modalities and practice-based evidence such as EMDR to get to the root, with an added focus on mindfulness techniques, positive psychology, neural retraining, and strength’s-based therapy.  In addition, she provides life coaching, case management, and elder and disability care planning and support.