Christina is a queer, two-spirit writer, sex educator, therapist, and coach who practices from an anti-capitalist, intersectional, and pleasure activist lens. Their writing has been published in anthologies such as The People’s Book of Human Sexuality (Routledge 2023) and The Edge of Sex: Navigating a Sexually Confusing Culture at the Margins (Routledge 2020). They also co-edited Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex (PM Press 2023). Their graduate thesis was a qualitative study of sex work stigma in mental health care, the results of which were used to develop sex worker affirming cultural competency practices for clinicians. Their modalities include sensorimotor psychotherapy, relational therapy, and family constellations (a form of energy work dedicated to healing intergenerational trauma). They also offer psychedelic integration support.
Christina is available for psychotherapy with NY residents and for coaching with clients from all states and territories.
In-Person Covid Protocols/Protections: Masks on public transit & indoors; Avoids maskless indoors spaces; Provides HEPA air purifier for in-person sessions; Mask in-session on case-by-case basis with clients; In-person bimonthly
Christina Tesoro, LCSW (they/she)
JanisTherapy.com
Christina@JanisTherapy.com
347-642-8432