About Cristian
Cristian Iordan is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and struggles with addiction. He speaks English and Romanian and brings 15 years of clinical experience in California to sessions.
Background and approach
People who are dealing with life changes, parenting strain, or compassion fatigue often look for the steady, practical support he offers. Cristian uses straightforward, hands-on methods in sessions.
He helps clients learn skills for managing intense emotions, changing unhelpful thoughts, and improving communication. Sessions focus on what is useful now and on small, achievable steps clients can use between meetings.
His background includes work across outpatient and inpatient settings, with experience supporting adults through trauma, medical-related stress, and relationship conflict. That clinical range informs a flexible approach to different problems and life stages.
Cristian draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought patterns that keep problems going, and on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. He also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas to help people better understand and express feelings in close relationships.
Clients can expect a collaborative relationship where goals are set together and progress is checked regularly. Sessions are practical, focused, and paced to match each person’s needs.
International clients may work with him and sessions are offered in multiple formats.
How specific approaches are used in online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting and shifting thoughts and behaviors that keep problems alive. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by helping clients test unhelpful beliefs and try small behavioral changes.DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness. These tools help when emotions feel overwhelming or when patterns of conflict and impulsive behavior repeat.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on understanding and expressing core emotions to improve close relationships and repair hurt. It helps people name feelings, connect those feelings to needs, and practice clearer emotional communication.
Cristian will work with each person to decide which approach, or combination of approaches, fits best. That decision is collaborative and based on the client's goals, life circumstances, and what feels most helpful in early sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or ongoing skill practice. These options make therapy more flexible around work, caregiving, and travel, while keeping treatment focused on solving immediate problems and building lasting skills.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Romanian