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Online therapist

Christina Manolatos

Calm, practical support for life and parenting challenges

Credentials
LPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English, Greek
Format
Online sessions

About Christina

Christina Manolatos is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on providing steady support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, and related concerns. She brings ten years of clinical experience and aims to create a calm space where someone can be heard and make sense of difficult feelings.

Christina speaks English and Greek and sees clients from Wisconsin as well as international clients. Her style is warm and direct.

Background and approach

Sessions are conversational and practical. She listens first, then helps people notice patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behavior. That includes work on relationship problems, addictive patterns, sleep or eating troubles, and compassion fatigue.

Christina trained in counseling psychology and psychotherapy and uses a mix of approaches that fit each person. She draws on client-centered and existential ideas to honor individual meaning, and she blends mindfulness and hypnotherapy tools when they suit the work. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques also appear when a client wants clearer steps or change planning.

She has experience in a range of settings including hospitals and colleges and has worked with people in crisis and those coping with life transitions. In sessions she keeps language simple, focuses on what matters most to the client, and helps outline achievable next steps.

People who prefer straightforward, compassionate conversation and practical skills for managing mood, relationships, parenting stress, or substance concerns may find her approach helpful. She supports clients in figuring out what to try and then adjusts methods as needed.

How Christina’s approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy is about listening closely and following what matters to the client. In practice she reflects back concerns, helps people name their priorities, and supports choices without imposing a plan. This approach is useful when someone needs validation, clarity, or a steady space to make decisions.

Mindfulness Therapy focuses on attention and present-moment awareness. She guides simple mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity, improve sleep and manage stress, and to help people notice urges or anxious thoughts before acting on them.

Christina treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan over time. The work is shaped by what the person wants to change and how they prefer to work.

Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules, continue care during transitions, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable. Licensed professionals can adapt the chosen methods to each format so practical skills and reflective conversation carry over to online work.

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.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns can be addressed in sessions?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self esteem, addictions, relationship and family problems, parenting, eating and sleeping issues, depression, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is warm and client-centered with practical tools. Conversations are direct and focused on understanding feelings, naming patterns, and trying small steps toward change.
What background does she bring to therapy?
Christina has ten years of clinical experience and has worked in settings such as mental health hospitals and colleges. She has experience handling crisis and diverse client needs.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LPC credential, with license number WI LPC 7650-125, and practices from Wisconsin.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Greek, and she is also open to working with international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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