About Christina
Christina (Crissy) Irrgang-Wade is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 11 years of experience. She practices from a client-centered mindset that puts each person’s goals first. She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what’s worrying them and work toward change.
Crissy uses practical methods like cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness to help manage stress, anxiety, sleep problems, and mood concerns. She also draws on emotionally-focused ideas to address relationship and intimacy-related issues.
Background and approach
These approaches are woven into sessions to match what each person needs in the moment. Her background includes work with trauma and grief, and she pays close attention to how past experiences shape current reactions. She has focused experience with addictions, compulsive behaviors, and compassion fatigue.
ADHD is one of the areas she lists among many concerns she helps people with. Crissy has worked in Minnesota for more than a decade and has experience with multicultural issues, including years of collaboration with Native American and Ojibwe communities. She emphasizes clients’ strengths and lived knowledge when planning next steps.
Sessions may combine short skills practice, reflective conversations, and mindfulness exercises. The goal is to build tools that fit day-to-day life so people can notice small shifts that add up over time.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. The therapist follows each person’s pace and priorities, helping them set goals and notice what works in daily life.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) uses clear, practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing impulsivity or addictive urges by practicing specific skills between sessions.
Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) helps people understand and express emotions that affect close relationships. It can be useful when intimacy, trust, or strong emotional reactions are getting in the way of connection.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss options and try techniques that match a person’s goals and preferences. Plans are adjusted as progress and needs become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions are a lower-bandwidth option and can fit into a work break. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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