Welcome to Mountains Therapy!

AWARDED BEST THERAPIST IN MONTCLAIR, NJ

Best of Montclair 2024

Therapy guides your climb through the mountains of life, helping you rise and elevate your mental health.

Christina Andino, LCSW (she/her)

Owner & Psychotherapist

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

Christina has been my therapist since around May 2022 and we’ve always met through remote sessions. She has helped me work through a lot of religious trauma as well as coping with anxiety and depression. She’s very supportive of my queer identity and has been a safe place to discuss and process related pain and issues. She’s responsive to texts outside of a session and flexible when things come up and we need to change the day/time short notice. She’s even spent out-of-session time reading or listening to my thoughts when something happened that really troubled me.

In-session, she listens really well and makes a safe space for whatever I need to talk about and is understanding and patient when my anxiety has me talking in circles. I really appreciate how she validates my experiences so I feel less crazy and that she’s also willing to gently challenge my negative thought patterns so I can see things in more productive ways. She’s provided comfort, tools to cope, insight, and encouragement, and has helped me feel more empowered to make positive decisions for my mental health as well as my future. I’d highly recommend her to anyone looking for therapy.

I was always hesitant to seek therapy at first, but working with Christina had been a transformative experience. I first met Christina and saw her expertise during the pandemic. From our first session, I felt comfortable and understood.  Christina has a unique ability to create a safe and nonjudgmental space, allowing me to explore my thoughts and emotions with ease. Her approach is collaborative and personalized, my sessions with her were addressed to my specific needs and goals. I've appreciated her ability to challenge my perspectives and provide practical tools to apply to my anxiety and specific past trauma that I''ve been battling for years. She is empathetic, insightful, and genuinely invested in my progress. I've personally experienced significant growth and improvements in my mental health. I highly recommend Christina to anyone seeking a compassionate effective therapist. She is the best therapist in Montclair.

Our relationship has significantly improved since working with Christina. She gave us tools to communicate and solve problems and they work. Highly recommend for couples therapy!

I have been in and out of therapy since I was 14 years old, always jumping from therapist to therapist as none of them made me feel like an actual person instead of a client. Christina Andino is the first therapist that has made me feel comfortable being myself and talking about my issues, and her feedback is always catered to me and my unique life. I appreciate what you do Christina thank you so much.

Christina has been a great therapist and has guided me to better approaches with strategies to unwind my unhealthy patterns. She is a great listener and picks up on the poignant areas to explore.

Our Mission

Our mission is to Elevate Mental Health for individuals, couples, and families through therapy, counseling, and coaching.  We strive to empower marginalized identities, abilities, and bodies by ensuring equitable access to culturally responsive and identity affirming mental health care.

Our Commitments

• Support 2SLGBTQIA+ Identity Affirming Care - Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, , Neurodivergence, and Disability Justice.
• Support BIPOC Affirming Care- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and QTBIPOC -Queer, Trans, Nonbinary, Intersex, ACE+ intersections.
  
• Support equitable access to culturally responsive, identity affirming mental health care for marginalized identities, abilities, and bodies. Through education, advocacy, and inclusive practices, we strive to create a safe, brave equitable environment for all individuals.  Elevate mental health, voices and expressions of Neurodivergent and Disabled Communities.
  

Who We Are

• We are a licensed psychotherapy private practice in Montclair, NJ who provides mental health therapy and counseling to all residents of New Jersey (NJ), North Carolina (NC), Florida (FL) and Utah (UT).
• We are Out of Network Therapists who do not accept insurance and all payments are out of pocket.
• We accept clients with insurance and provide invoices (aka Superbills) to submit for reimbursements from insurance providers  on out of network benefits. 
• We accept clients without insurance.
• We are proudly a women-owned business, BIPOC owned business and 2SLGBTQIA+ owned business.

What We Do

• We offer individual, couples, and family therapy, counseling, and coaching services.
• We offer Online Therapy and Counselors in New Jersey (NJ), North Carolina (NC), Florida (FL) and Utah (UT).
• We offer In Person Therapy in and near Montclair, NJ and all surrounding areas.
• We offer identity affirming, confidential, compassionate and comprehensive mental health services.
• We provide a safe, brave and inclusive space where you can explore your challenges, strengthen your relationships, and foster personal growth.