- Collaborative goal setting
- Homework-based progress
- Focus on sleep
About Christina
Christina Chykirda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Connecticut who helps people struggling with stress, sleep problems, anxiety, addictions, and mood concerns. She focuses on practical steps clients can use day to day. Christina aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people feel heard and understood before moving into change.
With ten years in mental health and over 15 years in customer service, Christina has worked in inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings. She has experience supporting people facing depression, a range of anxiety disorders, trauma and posttraumatic stress, grief, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, eating and substance-related issues, and behaviors like impulsivity and anger.
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions involve talking through current problems, learning about relevant conditions when needed, and setting clear goals together. Christina often assigns homework so clients can practice new skills between sessions and notice real progress.
Christina draws from several therapeutic styles, including client-centered work that prioritizes the person, cognitive behavioral strategies that address thoughts and behaviors, dialectical behavior ideas for emotion regulation, existential perspectives on meaning, and mindfulness practices to build awareness. She also uses solution-focused and strength-based elements when helpful.
She encourages facing difficult emotions rather than avoiding them, and supports people as they try new coping ways. The goal is to reduce harmful patterns and increase skills for better rest, relationships, and daily functioning. Christina welcomes a conversation to explore whether her style fits a client’s needs.
Therapeutic approaches and how online work can help
Christina uses client-centered methods that emphasize listening and responding to each person’s needs. This approach helps people feel respected and shapes goals around what matters most to them.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. CBT provides concrete tools for tackling anxiety, sleep disruption, and depressive patterns by changing unhelpful thinking and building new routines.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christina will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then adjust methods as therapy progresses. Together they decide which skills and strategies to try first.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm the available online session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow brief check-ins during a work break, or reduce travel time to appointments. They also let people practice new sleep and stress-management skills in their own daily routines while still having regular guidance from a licensed professional.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Connecticut
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Christina help with?
Christina works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, sleeping problems, addictions, trauma, depression, eating issues, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, and bipolar mood challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is empathic, nonjudgmental, supportive, and interactive. She collaborates on goals and often assigns homework to build practical skills between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience in mental health and over 15 years in customer service, with work across inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings.
What credentials and location are listed for Christina?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Connecticut as indicated by the CT LPC credential.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.