Christine DeMaio

**Please note that all sessions are provided via telehealth at this time**

Christine DeMaio, Ph.D. has extensive experience treating individuals with body-focused repetitive behavior disorders including hair pulling, cheek-biting, and skin picking. Her compassionate, validating stance is considered one of her "super-powers" by clients that enables them to effect the changes they would like to make in their lives.

Dr. DeMaio has extensive training in empirically-supported treatments with particular emphasis on cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) and mindfulness-based approaches. These approaches include: Behavioral Activation, Exposure and Response Prevention (EX/RP), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT).

Dr. DeMaio strives to offer compassionate, evidence-based, psychotherapy to teenagers, young adults, and adults for a variety of issues including: • Adjustment/Life Transitions • Anxiety Disorders • Bereavement/Grief • Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRB’s) including hair-pulling and skin picking • Body Image • Depressive Disorders • Emotion Dysregulation Difficulties • Insomnia/Sleep Dysregulation • Loneliness/Social Isolation • Marital and/or Other Relationship Difficulties • Problems in Living (e.g., unbalanced eating, disorganized and/or cluttered homes) • Self-injury • Self-loathing • Unsure Sense of Self • Values-driven life choices • Willfulness