About Christina
Christina (Crissy) Irrgang-Wade is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota. She brings 11 years of experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, addiction, and related concerns. Crissy aims to create a calm, accepting space where clients can talk through difficult feelings and practical problems.
Her approach centers on listening and collaborating with each person to find what helps. She uses client-centered work to follow a person's pace and priorities.
How Christina works
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new coping skills. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and change patterns in close relationships. Crissy also draws on mindfulness tools to reduce reactivity and improve focus.
She has special interest in grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping difficulties, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care, first responder and veteran issues, multicultural concerns, and substance-related problems. She has worked with people affected by trauma and post-traumatic stress and supports those coping with life changes and isolation.
Crissy has experience interacting with Native American communities and the Ojibwe culture. Her style is patient, understanding, and nonjudgmental. Crissy believes people are the experts in their own stories and helps them build on existing strengths.
She supports practical steps toward better sleep, healthier relationships, improved mood, and reduced anxiety. People can expect straightforward collaboration and clear tools to try between sessions.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. Online sessions using this approach prioritize what matters most to the person and build goals together. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT works well for anxiety, depression, panic, and many daily stressors through structured exercises and between-session practice.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That may mean trying mindfulness exercises one week and CBT skill work the next, with adjustments based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a busy schedule. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, homework guidance, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options aim to make care more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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