Christina Chykirda, LPC

Connecticut · 10 years in practice

Christina Chykirda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Connecticut who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, addiction, and relationship concerns.

License and registration

LPC, Connecticut: 004112 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1922515055 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Christina

Christina Chykirda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Connecticut who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, addiction, and relationship concerns. She brings a calm, direct style and focuses on practical steps clients can use between sessions. Christina aims to create a space where people feel heard and gain tools to handle hard moments.

She draws on about 10 years of experience in mental health settings. That includes work in inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs.

Background and approach

Those roles exposed her to a wide range of issues from trauma and grief to substance use and eating concerns. Christina uses approaches such as existential therapy, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and mindfulness practices. She blends these to match a person’s needs, often assigning focused exercises to build skills outside sessions.

Education about symptoms and coping strategies is a key part of her method. Her sessions are collaborative and interactive. She asks questions, offers practical tools, and sometimes challenges unhelpful patterns so clients can try different ways of coping.

Homework and skill practice are common to help changes stick. People who reach out can expect straightforward feedback and steady support while they tackle difficult feelings or life transitions. Christina emphasizes working together to set clear goals and develop steps to reach them.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Christina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Eating disorders
Depression
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Body image
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Christina names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Existential therapy helps people face tough questions about meaning, choice, and responsibility. In online sessions this can look like reflective conversations about values and life direction, useful for clients coping with major changes or grief. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and understanding the person’s experience. Online work with this approach focuses on building rapport and using that relationship to explore feelings, often paired with practical steps the client chooses to try between sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replaces them with workable alternatives. In remote sessions CBT often includes brief skills practice, homework assignments, and review of progress to reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic behaviors. Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to identify goals and try methods that match those goals and preferences. If something isn’t working, they will adjust the plan together. Online sessions offer flexibility across formats like video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and reading visual cues. Phone can be easier if bandwidth is limited or when a hands-free option fits a busy day. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill prompts, or when writing out thoughts helps the client process. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, handle sudden needs, or keep momentum between appointments.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Christina address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep problems, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related challenges.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is empathic, non-judgmental, and interactive. She mixes collaborative conversation with practical exercises and occasional challenges to help clients try new ways of coping.

How much experience does she have?

She has about 10 years of experience in the mental health field, working across inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

Christina holds the LPC credential and practices in Connecticut.

Which languages are supported and can she see international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats does she offer?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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