About Christopher
Christopher "Chris" Dueker uses a mix of action-focused and relationship-centered approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and mood struggles. He holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential and brings 18 years of experience to sessions. Chris aims for practical steps that fit everyday life.
His work emphasizes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based ideas. In sessions he helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes.
How Christopher works
He also focuses on communication skills and handling strong emotions without avoiding them. People often come with concerns about relationships, intimacy, parenting, or navigating grief and life transitions. Chris addresses addictive patterns by replacing avoidance behaviors with clearer choices and new coping strategies.
He also supports people managing bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and anger by building routines and emotion skills. Chris draws on client-centered principles to create a respectful, listening-based space. He uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.
The result is a blend of practical skill-building and exploration of attachment patterns that shape current problems. Sessions typically look like short experiments and practice between meetings. He helps people break big problems into smaller, doable steps.
That approach aims to make change feel reachable rather than overwhelming.
Christopher lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Christopher works with
The areas below are the ones Christopher selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes by focusing on small steps rather than perfect thinking.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and testing negative thought patterns and replacing them with more helpful behaviors. It often includes short exercises and between-session practice to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and mood instability.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean mixing ACT, CBT, attachment-focused ideas, and skills from DBT so treatment is tailored and flexible.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, short skill reminders, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and different communication styles.
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