Christina Rydeen , LPC, LCPC

Christina Rydeen is a licensed counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. She also supports people facing relationship strains, grief, trauma, eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and life transitions. Christina uses straightforward language and a calm approach to make it easier to talk about hard things.

She creates a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they really feel. Sessions focus on practical steps and small changes that add up over time. Christina listens closely and works with each person to set goals that feel realistic and useful.

Her work draws on a mix of approaches including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, client-centered listening, and emotion-focused skills. Those tools are used to help with coping, managing difficult emotions, and improving communication. She adapts methods to what the person needs rather than sticking to a single plan.

Christina holds LPC and LCPC credentials and has practiced for 14 years in Missouri and the surrounding region. Her background includes helping people through major life changes, caregiver stress, chronic illness concerns, and issues around body image and shame. She also addresses isolation, life purpose questions, and forgiveness.

The first sessions are practical and paced to each person. Christina helps identify a starting point, whether that means reducing anxious thoughts, building routines, or improving how someone connects with others. The aim is steady progress and clearer choices for daily life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match personal values. It can help when anxiety, depression, or life changes make forward steps hard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thinking patterns and practical habits, teaching skills to change those thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and how problems show up in life. That may mean trying one method for a few sessions and adjusting as progress is seen.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people talk face to face when schedules or travel get in the way. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging suits brief updates, shorter check-ins, or times when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.