Christina Howell
LMSW
Therapist
About Christina Howell
Christina Howell, LMSW, provides compassionate, client-centered therapy for individuals navigating grief, life transitions, stress, and relationship challenges. She has a special interest in supporting the neurodivergent community, individuals with special needs, caregivers, and older adults, and uses a strengths-based, integrative approach to help clients feel supported and empowered in their daily lives.
Christina brings experience across a range of clinical settings, including work with seniors to help them maintain independence at home, as well as facilitating individual and group support for those coping with bereavement, divorce, and caregiving responsibilities. Known for her warm, hands-on style and active listening, Christina creates a supportive space where clients can navigate challenges and build meaningful, sustainable change.
Christina earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Queens College (CUNY) and her Master’s in Social Work from Adelphi University.
Christina can be found at the following location:
Specialties:
Insurance Accepted:
- Sliding Scale Fee
- Aetna Better Health
- 1199SEIU National Benefit Fund
- Aetna
- Aetna: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Aetna: Medicaid
- Aetna: Medicare
- Aetna: PPO/POS
- All Savers
- Allied Benefit Systems
- Ambetter
- Ambetter: Medicaid
- Ambetter: Medicare
- CCA/Corporate Counseling Associates: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Child Health Plan: Medicaid
- CHIP: Medicaid
- Cigna/Evernorth
- Cigna/Evernorth: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Cigna/Evernorth: Medicaid
- Cigna/Evernorth: Medicare
- Compsych
- GEHA/Government Employees Health Association
- Health First
- Health First: Medicare
- Luminare Health
- MagnaCare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Meritain
- Molina Healthcare
- Molina Healthcare: Medicaid
- Molina Healthcare: Medicare
- PHCS/MultiPlan/Claritev
- PHCS/MultiPlan/Claritev: Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum
- Optum: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Optum: Medicaid
- Optum: Medicare
- Oscar
- Oscar: Medicare
- Oxford
- Oxford: Medicare
- Partners Direct Health
- Self Pay
- Surest/UHC
- UHC Community Plan: Medicaid
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare: Medicaid
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare: Medicare
- UMR
- United Behavioral Health
- UnitedHealthcare Student Resources
- USAA Medicare Supplement
- Wellcare: Medicare
- Wellcare: Medicaid
- Fidelis Care
- Ambetter from Meridian
- NYC Employees PPO Plan
- 32BJ SEIU Health Fund
- Health First: Medicaid
Therapy Types:
- Family Therapy
- Individual Therapy
- Couples/Marriage Therapy
Therapeutic Approaches:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Training
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Mindfulness-Based Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Relational Life Therapy
- Solution-Focused/Brief Therapy