About Christina

Christina Collins is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Indiana with 13 years of experience. She welcomes people who are coping with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, parenting strains, career shifts, and identity concerns. Christina is an ally of the LGBTQIA+ community and uses a collaborative, respectful style.

She keeps sessions focused on practical steps that fit everyday life. Christina treats clients as the expert on their own experience and brings a range of strategies to try.

Background and approach

Sessions often emphasize present-day solutions, with room to look at past events when those influence current challenges. Her approach draws on client-centered work to build a trusting conversation and on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses dialectical behavior methods for emotion regulation and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when trauma memories need addressing.

Motivational interviewing helps when making tough changes feels overwhelming. Christina has helped people navigate complex issues such as adoption and foster care concerns, family of origin problems, sexual assault and abuse, and sexuality-related topics. She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, midlife transitions, and concerns related to neurodiversity such as autism and intellectual disability.

Christina offers therapy in English and practices from Illinois. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. If someone wants to begin, they complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that works for them.

Approaches and online support that fit your life

Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, listening space where the person leads the conversation and the therapist follows. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, adds clear skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress in day-to-day life.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Christina works collaboratively to match methods to each person's goals, preferences, and needs. That means trying skills in sessions, reviewing what helps, and adjusting strategies over time so the work feels useful and relevant.

Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction when that helps build connection. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging can suit quick check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or people who prefer text-based communication. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into work, childcare, or busy days.

Questions people ask

What concerns does Christina help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, parenting challenges, career changes, identity and sexuality concerns, and trauma-related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and solution-focused, centering the client's experience while offering practical tools to try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Christina has 13 years of clinical experience and identifies as an ally of the LGBTQIA+ community.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is an LMHC in Indiana and an LCPC in Illinois, and she practices from Illinois.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to start therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.

What this therapist works with

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Experience
13 years
Licensed
Illinois, Indiana
Languages
English

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