Christina Reed , LCPC

Christina Reed is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 25 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strains, career shifts, and other life changes. Christina focuses on helping people find steady footing during hard seasons and practical ways to move forward.

Her style centers on listening first. She treats each person as the expert on their life and helps them use strengths already present. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to what matters most to the client in day-to-day life.

Christina draws from several approaches to tailor work to individual needs. She uses techniques that help people notice thoughts and feelings, build skills to manage intense moments, and clarify values and priorities. Together she and the client decide which tools to try and when to adjust the plan.

Over her career Christina has supported people through grief, panic and mood struggles, workplace stress, and midlife questions. She also helps those navigating family of origin issues, communication problems, and caregiver strain. Women's issues are listed among her focus areas and she routinely addresses concerns that commonly affect women.

Christina practices in Illinois and meets with clients through a variety of online formats. She encourages a steady, collaborative pace and works to make therapy practical and relevant to everyday life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Christina uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among other approaches. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, while clarifying what matters most so actions align with values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christina will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. She treats the choice of tools as a collaborative decision and adjusts methods as progress or needs change.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different rhythms and schedules. Video allows a face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.