Christina Chykirda , LPC

Christina Chykirda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Connecticut who helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, and a range of other concerns. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her tone is warm and direct, and she aims to make therapy feel collaborative rather than lecturing.

Christina draws on ten years of experience in mental health across inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings. That background means she’s familiar with a wide variety of challenges, from mood and anxiety symptoms to substance use, trauma, and eating concerns. She also supports people facing grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, and career-related stress.

Her style is empathic, nonjudgmental, and interactive. Sessions often involve setting clear goals together, trying new skills in real life, and reviewing progress. She uses homework and education so people leave sessions with concrete tools and a clearer sense of what to try between meetings.

Christina uses several well-known approaches that fit different needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy show up in her work alongside mindfulness and existential ideas. She blends methods to match each person rather than insisting on a single technique.

People who prefer direct, goal-focused work will find her approach straightforward. She expects effort and honest conversation, and she challenges people to face difficult emotions instead of avoiding them. Christina aims to help people build healthier coping habits and make steady, practical changes in their daily lives.

How Christina Integrates Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Christina frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, and many everyday problems by breaking issues into manageable steps. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that help when feelings feel overwhelming or reactive.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christina treats choosing techniques as a collaboration - she will listen to your goals and preferences, try methods together, and adjust based on what helps most. That means sessions may shift as progress unfolds so the plan stays practical and useful.

Online therapy formats she offers include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face discussion and skill coaching; phone works when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is needed. Live chat or text can be used for short check-ins, homework review, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people use the format that fits their day-to-day life.