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Cristina Mardirossian, LMFT (she/her/hers)

Director and Founder of Pasadena Trauma Therapy
Pasadena Trauma Therapy
Pasadena, California, United States

Cristina Mardirossian, LMFT (she/her) is the founder and director of Pasadena Trauma Therapy, an outpatient therapy center based in Pasadena, California that provides specialized treatment for complex and developmental trauma, sexual abuse, and dissociative disorders. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and certified EMDR clinician, Cristina creates an affirming and inclusive space, deeply committed to working with adult trauma survivors facing Complex PTSD—including sexual, emotional, and physical abuse, neglect, dissociation, trafficking, and other dissociative disorders such as OSDD and DID.

Her approach centers on Parts Work through The Structural Dissociation Model and an Internal Family Systems (IFS), helping individuals recognize their internal “parts” that hold emotional and coping responses. She believes in “All Parts All Welcome,” helping clients unburden parts shaped by trauma and reconnect with their inherent capacity for healing, with adaptations of the model for specialized treatment of structural dissociation. Cristina employs a variety of trauma-informed modalities—EMDR, Brainspotting, the Trauma Resiliency Module, Havening Techniques®, TF-CBT, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Complex Trauma Certification (CCTP) training—to tailor therapy to each individual’s needs.

She obtained her master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, and is a member of the California Associate of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT), the Armenian American Mental Health Association (AAMHA), and the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) as well as ISSTD. Cristina is a trusted consultant and mentor who provides speaking engagements, advanced trainings, and diagnostic consultation to mental health professionals and treatment centers- particularly on complex trauma, dissociative disorders, and ritual abuse- supporting clinicians in deepening clinical understanding, refining case conceptualization, and strengthening treatment planning for highly complex presentations

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