
Cristine DePalo Verified Provider
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
About Me
Cristine DePalo is a licensed mental health counselor with Emerald Counseling and Wellness based in Albany, New York. She sees teen and adult clients exclusively online for comfort and convenience. She accepts self payment and a variety of insurance providers, including Aetna, BlueCross and BlueShield, Anthem, Cigna and Evernorth.
Safe and Nonjudgmental Mental Health Care
Cristine is dedicated to providing a safe and nonjudgmental therapeutic environment. I’m impressed by her positive and strengths based approach to care, aimed at providing the tools necessary for each client to achieve their own personal goals.
Personalized Therapy for Anxiety and DepressionÂ
She specializes in helping clients who are struggling with stress and anxiety related to school, career and relationships. She has additional expertise in addressing issues like depression, grief, self harming, mood disorders, self esteem and challenging life transitions.Â
Person Centered CBT and DBT
She employs a range of integrative and person centered therapeutic techniques, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive processing (CPT) and solution focused brief therapy (SFBT).
Payment Options
Insurance Options
- Aetna
- BlueCross BlueShield
- Cigna
- EmblemHealth
- Empire BlueCross BlueShield
- Oscar
- Other
- Oxford
- UnitedHealthcare
Orientation & Focus
Ages Treated
Modalities
Specialties
- Anxiety
- Career Counseling
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dual Diagnosis
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self Harm
- Sleep and Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Women's Issues
Treatment Options
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Compassion Focused Therapy
- Eclectic Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Psychodynamic
- Reality Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based