Christina Chykirda

Christina Chykirda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Connecticut who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, mood issues, addiction, and relationship struggles. She brings a practical, down-to-earth style and aims to make sessions feel understandable and useful. Christina focuses on helping clients recognize patterns and try new ways of coping so life becomes more manageable.

Christina has about 10 years of experience in mental health and over 15 years working in customer service roles. She has worked in inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings. That range gives her hands-on experience with many concerns, from depression and PTSD to substance use and eating-related issues.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She listens without judgment and helps people set clear goals. Christina often assigns short homework between sessions to practice new skills and build momentum toward those goals.

Christina uses a mix of methods, including Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. She also offers education about diagnoses and symptoms so clients better understand what they are facing.

She encourages facing difficult emotions rather than avoiding them, and she supports clients as they try healthier ways to cope. Christina aims to help people move toward a better quality of life by teaching skills, offering feedback, and working step by step with each person.

Clinical approaches and what online work can look like

Christina draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in ways that translate well to online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical exercises to reduce anxiety or depression symptoms. DBT teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills, which can help people manage intense feelings and relationship challenges.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive, non-judgmental space where goals are set together. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process; Christina collaborates with each person to choose strategies that fit their needs, goals, and preferences rather than prescribing one fixed method.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking so you know what options are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions can happen during a lunch break or between commitments. Many people find that using practical CBT or DBT techniques in regular online sessions helps them practice new skills in day-to-day life while keeping therapy flexible.