Christina Chykirda, LPC

Christina Chykirda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Connecticut with ten years of experience in mental health settings. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, anger, addiction, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and related challenges such as ADHD and sleep problems.

Christina has worked across a variety of treatment settings including inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient care. That background means she is familiar with people who have faced severe or persistent difficulties and with stepwise care when needs change.

Her approach is collaborative and interactive. She helps people set concrete goals, assigns practical homework, and provides education about conditions and coping strategies so clients understand what they're working on. She describes therapy as sometimes challenging work and asks clients to try confronting difficult emotions rather than relying on unhealthy coping habits.

Christina draws on a mix of approaches to match a client's situation. She uses client-centered listening alongside cognitive behavioral strategies and techniques from dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness to address patterns of thinking, emotion regulation, and behavior. She also integrates existential ideas when people are grappling with meaning or life transitions.

In sessions she focuses on building skills for emotional regulation, communication, and impulse control. She will work with each person to identify triggers, develop alternative responses to anger or urges, and practice these skills between sessions. Christina aims to help clients increase awareness and skills so daily life feels more manageable.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions