About Crista
Crista Lonergan is an Ohio licensed professional counselor clinical candidate (LPCC) with ten years of experience. Crista focuses on practical help for everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. They aim to make the first step feel manageable for people who are unsure where to begin.
Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through feelings and challenges. Sessions use clear language and concrete tools rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Crista listens for what matters most to each person and tailors sessions to those priorities. Therapy often includes skills to manage strong emotions and to reduce unhelpful behaviors. Crista uses evidence-informed strategies to build coping skills, improve communication, and increase motivation.
People also work on understanding patterns from family of origin, identity, and life transitions that affect daily functioning. Crista has experience supporting people navigating grief, relationship strain, parenting concerns, eating issues, and trauma. They also address identity-related concerns such as LGBT issues and gender dysphoria in a respectful way.
Spanish and English are both offered for sessions. Practical matters are discussed up front, including what session formats will work best. Crista helps people set realistic short-term goals and checks progress along the way.
The focus is on steady, useful changes that fit into real life.
Practical approaches delivered online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with real-world experiments. It helps with anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and problems with motivation by teaching concrete skills to change behavior.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It is useful when strong emotions or relationship conflicts get in the way of daily life. Client-centered work adds a steady, listening presence that helps people feel heard while they try new strategies.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Crista works together with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences. They adjust techniques over time and check in about what helps and what does not.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat or messaging lets someone check in or get brief coaching between longer sessions. The range of formats makes it easier to keep therapy consistent when life is busy.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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