About Crista
Crista Lonergan is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 10 years of experience. Crista focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and mood concerns. They create a calm, straightforward space where clients can talk through what matters most.
Crista uses practical strategies from several evidence-based approaches. Sessions focus on building skills for managing strong emotions and improving daily functioning. The work often includes finding clearer values, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, and learning new ways to relate to difficult memories.
How Crista works
People come to Crista for help with self-esteem, trauma and abuse, parenting strains, relationship challenges, and questions about gender identity. Crista also supports those dealing with eating issues, intimacy concerns, and life changes such as adoption or immigration stress. They bring particular attention to multicultural concerns and non-traditional relationship styles.
Therapy is collaborative and down-to-earth. Crista listens first, then offers tools from approaches like acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavior strategies, and skills-based methods for managing intense emotions. Sessions are paced to match each person’s needs and goals.
Services are offered in English and Spanish. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session according to therapist availability.
Crista lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Crista works with
The areas below are the ones Crista selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Approach-driven care delivered online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It helps with anxiety, depression, and everyday habits by teaching concrete coping skills.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and to take action guided by personal values. This approach is useful for anxiety, low mood, and life transitions where clarity about values matters.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Crista collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals and preferences. Therapy is adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins, journaling-style reflection, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy or changing schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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