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Online therapist

Christina Chykirda

Practical support for parenting and family life

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Connecticut
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Christina

Christina Chykirda is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues. She offers direct, practical support for common problems like anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, grief, and relationship difficulties. Christina aims to create a straightforward space where people can talk, learn, and try new ways of coping.

Her style is warm, nonjudgmental, and interactive. She works with clients to set clear goals and often assigns short homework between sessions.

Background and approach

Education about a problem is a routine part of her work so clients gain useful tools and self-awareness. Christina draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and client-centered techniques in session. She mixes approaches to match what a person needs rather than sticking to one method.

She also uses mindfulness and existential ideas when they fit the situation. Over ten years in mental health settings have shaped her practice. That experience includes inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient care.

Those roles exposed her to many different issues and treatment styles, which she adapts for each person she sees. Sessions are practical and goal-focused. Christina encourages facing difficult feelings while building healthier habits and coping strategies.

She works in English and practices in Connecticut as an LPC, registration CT LPC 004112.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Christina commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy, and she also draws from client-centered methods. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to change mood and reactions, which can help with anxiety, depression, and many daily struggles. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships, useful for strong emotions and patterns of risky coping. Client-centered work emphasizes listening, validation, and helping a person find their own solutions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christina discusses options with each client and adjusts techniques to fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She often blends methods and checks in regularly to see what is helping and what needs to change.

Online therapy with Christina is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Those formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules and to keep continuity when life gets hectic. The options let people practice skills between sessions and stay connected in ways that suit their routine and comfort level.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Christina address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, parenting and family matters, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and related challenges listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
Her approach is empathic, nonjudgmental, and interactive. She collaborates on goals, teaches skills, and uses homework to practice changes between sessions.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She has ten years of experience in mental health across inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings, working with many types of issues and diagnoses.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with registration CT LPC 004112 and practices in Connecticut.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Connecticut
Languages
English

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