About Christina
Christina Chykirda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Connecticut who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction concerns. She offers straightforward, practical support for relationship worries, grief, body image and eating issues, sleep struggles, parenting stress, and career or life transitions. Christina writes and talks plainly so busy parents can quickly see how therapy could fit into their lives.
She brings about a decade of experience in mental health settings, including inpatient and outpatient care as well as partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs.
How Christina works
That background means she is familiar with a wide range of challenges, from trauma and bipolar conditions to ADHD and co-occurring substance use concerns. She also has extensive prior experience in customer service, which shaped her communication style and patience. Her approach is collaborative and interactive.
Christina uses client-centered work alongside cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior strategies to help people identify patterns, build skills, and try new ways of coping. She often assigns practical exercises between sessions so progress continues outside the appointment time. Christina also draws on mindfulness and existential perspectives when helpful, encouraging people to increase self-awareness and find personal meaning amid difficult experiences.
She balances challenge with support and aims to help people face uncomfortable feelings rather than avoid them. People who choose her can expect clear explanations about concerns and straightforward education about diagnoses and coping tools. She focuses on small, manageable steps that add up to better day-to-day functioning.
Christina lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Christina works with
The areas below are the ones Christina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Connecticut |
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Online support options
How Christina’s Approaches Work Online
Christina uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in straightforward ways. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep issues. DBT teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills, which can help with strong mood swings, impulse challenges, and relationship patterns.She also draws on client-centered and mindfulness approaches that emphasize listening, validation, and present-moment awareness. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences and adjust them as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect that fit different days and routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when video bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send short updates, get check-ins between sessions, or use writing as a way to process thoughts. These options make it easier to keep consistent appointments and practice skills in day-to-day life.
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