- Hands-on goal work
- Skill building focus
- Empathic collaboration
About Christina
Christina Chykirda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Connecticut. She brings a calm, practical approach and focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, addiction, or major life changes. Christina aims to make therapy feel like a real collaboration where goals are clear and progress is measurable.
She draws on ten years working in mental health across inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings. That range gives her experience with many concerns, including depression, trauma and abuse, bipolar difficulties, ADHD, grief, and eating and substance-related issues. Christina also assists clients facing codependency, attachment challenges, abandonment fears, control struggles, and intimacy-related worries.
Her style is empathic, nonjudgmental, and interactive. She works together with clients to set goals, assigns practical homework, and provides education so people understand their patterns and symptoms. Christina challenges clients gently when growth calls for facing uncomfortable emotions instead of relying on unhealthy coping strategies.
She uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person, pulling from client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, existential ideas, and mindfulness practices. Sessions focus on concrete skills, clearer thinking, and better emotional regulation so daily life feels more manageable.
Christina welcomes conversations about what someone needs and how therapy might help. She aims to support steady steps toward more satisfying relationships, healthier habits, and improved day-to-day functioning.
How Christina’s approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy puts the client's needs and perspective at the center. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects back what she hears, and helps clients set goals that feel meaningful. This style supports people who want a warm, understanding space to sort through feelings and decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses structured conversation and homework to change unhelpful thinking patterns and build new skills, which can help with anxiety, depression, and codependency-related behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers specific skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication. DBT techniques can be useful for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive coping strategies.
Finding the right approach is a shared task. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they will try methods that match those needs and adjust as progress is made.
If you plan to use online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make scheduling easier, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy fits into a busy day. They also let people practice new skills between sessions in everyday environments, which can speed up learning and change.
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Connecticut
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can be addressed in sessions?
Christina works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, eating issues, grief, codependency, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is empathic, nonjudgmental, and interactive. She collaborates on clear goals, assigns practical homework, and challenges unhelpful patterns to encourage growth.
What experience does she bring?
Christina has ten years of experience in mental health and has worked in inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings.
Which credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Connecticut and holds the CT LPC credential as supplied.
In what language are sessions provided?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking to understand whether in-person or online sessions are offered.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.