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Christina Chykirda, LPC

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationConnecticut
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Addictions
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Christina

Christina Chykirda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Connecticut who focuses on supporting people coping with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, mood concerns, and ADHD.

Background and approach

She brings ten years of clinical experience across a variety of treatment settings, and she aims to help clients gain clearer self-understanding and practical skills to manage day-to-day challenges. Her style is warm, empathic, and interactive, emphasizing collaboration to set meaningful goals and develop steps to reach them.

Christina regularly integrates evidence-based tools such as cognitive behavioral strategies and skills from dialectical behavior therapy with client-centered and mindfulness-informed practices. She also provides psychoeducation so clients can better understand their patterns and make informed changes.

Christina’s background includes work in inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs, giving her experience with a wide range of concerns from mood disorders and trauma to substance-related and eating issues. She encourages clients to face difficult emotions while building healthier coping skills, and she supports homework and practical exercises between sessions to reinforce progress.

Approaches and Benefits of Online Therapy with Evidence-Based Care

Christina often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy as part of her online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression, while DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills helpful for mood instability, impulse control, and relationship challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christina works with clients to discuss their goals, preferences, and life context and tailors techniques from different methods to fit their needs, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or attend from home. These options support ongoing access to a licensed professional, let clients practice skills between meetings, and allow Christina to combine talk therapy with homework and skill-building tailored to each person’s situation.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?
Christina works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, eating-related issues, grief, bipolar disorder, ADHD, relationship and intimacy challenges, and more.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is empathic, nonjudgmental, and interactive, combining client-centered support with practical, evidence-based techniques like CBT and DBT.
What is her professional background and experience?
She has ten years of experience in mental health settings and has worked across inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs.
What credentials and location are on file?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the designation CT LPC 004112 and practices in Connecticut.
Does she work with speakers of other languages or international clients?
She provides services in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for appointments?
Clients may meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their needs.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
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?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsTrauma and abuseEating disordersDepression

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBody imageCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Connecticut

Languages

English

What Christina can help with

Christina Chykirda works with clients on stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, and depression.

Christina works with depression, anxiety (obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety, phobias, and panic disorder), posttraumiatic stress disorder, and trauma.

How Christina approaches therapy

Christina's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.

Experience and training

Christina is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Connecticut, with 10 years of clinical experience.