About Celeste
Celeste Trevino is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 35 years of experience based in Illinois. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem concerns. Her style is steady and direct, aiming to make therapy understandable and practical for everyday life.
Celeste draws on several approaches to meet each person's needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take manageable steps.
How Celeste works
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of reacting. Attachment-based ideas guide work on patterns that repeat in relationships. Sessions tend to focus on concrete skills and real situations.
That can look like practicing communication strategies, pacing exposure to difficult memories, or mapping how avoidance keeps problems going. She also addresses specific areas such as abandonment fears, attachment issues, body image, codependency, kink and alternative sex culture concerns, and challenges tied to divorce or separation.
Her practice includes support around control issues, commitment worries, dissociation, caregiver stress, and personality-related patterns like dependent, avoidant, or antisocial traits. Celeste explains options plainly and helps people pick steps that fit their life. Therapy is collaborative and paced to the individual.
People who want clear tools, thoughtful listening, and an emphasis on practical change may find her approach helpful.
Celeste lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Celeste works with
The areas below are the ones Celeste selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Celeste commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward them, which helps when stress or avoidance get in the way. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practices new responses to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process and is explored together. The therapist will work with each person to test methods, adjust techniques, and decide what fits their goals and situation. That collaborative search helps shape a plan that feels manageable and purposeful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins, written reflection, and ongoing hands-on support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still using the same core approaches and skills practiced in person.
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