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Cristina Minana Perez

Psychologist
5 years of experience
  • Virtual
  • Stress management, Trauma
  • Individual therapy

Great to meet you!

I specialize in working with high-achieving professionals, healthcare workers, and first responders who navigate high-stress, complex, or adversarial environments. From the outside, you may look entirely put together—but internally, your nervous system is running red-line from profound burnout, chronic stress, or systemic trauma.

My approach bypasses superficial platitudes and generic advice. Instead, I view psychological care through the lens of clinical systems architecture and somatic scaffolding. Together, we look at your life as an interconnected system to identify exact behavioral bottlenecks and apply targeted, real-time metrics to restore your prefrontal executive functioning and nervous system regulation.

With a background directing clinical training programs and managing high-acuity crisis interventions, I am deeply committed to helping you reclaim your personal autonomy and build a sustainable internal blueprint. Our work together is outcome-focused, practical, and designed to fit seamlessly into demanding schedules through a frictionless telehealth infrastructure.

My approach to therapy

My approach bypasses passive talk therapy and superficial platitudes. Instead, I view clinical care through the lens of Systems Architecture and Somatic Scaffolding. I treat your mind and environment as an interconnected system, identifying the exact behavioral bottlenecks that leave you feeling 'red-lined' or burnt out.

Our work focuses on practical, short-horizon metrics. First, we implement somatic tools to regulate your physical nervous system and bring your executive functioning back online. Next, drawing from existential principles, we shift focus from what you cannot control to your immediate internal autonomy. The goal is rapid, real-time stabilization and building a sustainable, data-driven blueprint so you can reclaim your personal power.

What you can expect from me

Our first session is a structured, collaborative assessment—not an aimless interrogation. We will map out your current life system, pinpoint the exact stressors causing your nervous system to 'red-line,' and identify the behavioral bottlenecks holding you back.

You will not leave empty-handed. By the end of our first 45 minutes, we will establish your immediate baseline and lock in a clear, short-horizon action plan. We will define exactly what tools we are deploying to regulate your physical stress response and outline the strategic blueprint for our upcoming sessions. You will walk away with an objective understanding of our path forward and a concrete starting point to reclaim your autonomy.

About me

  • I identify as
    Other Racial or Ethnic Background, Hispanic, Woman
  • My style is
    Open Minded, Holistic, Solution Oriented

Qualification and insurance

  • Years of experience
    5 years of experience
  • Training
    PsyD (Doctor of Psychology) at California School of Professional Psychology
  • License type
    CP (Clinical Psychologist) (California)
  • Licensed in
  • Insurance accepted
    Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Cigna

Cost

Care details

  • Top specialties
    Stress management, Trauma
  • More specialties
    Anxiety, Cultural & ethnic issues, PTSD
  • Therapy methods
    Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Strength-Based, Problem-Solving Therapy (PST), Behavior Modification, Behavioral Activation (BA), Behavior Management
  • Care types
    Individual therapy
  • Ages served
    Seniors, Adults
  • Languages
    Spanish, English