Christina "Chrissy" Senior helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by mood, anxiety, and life changes.
01About Christina
Christina "Chrissy" Senior helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by mood, anxiety, and life changes. She offers direct, calm guidance for stress, relationship strain, grief, addiction concerns, and self-esteem struggles. Chrissy brings a decade of experience to conversations that can feel heavy or confusing.
She trained and works as an IL LCPC, and has worked across hospitals, residential treatment, nonprofit programs, and crisis centers. That background shaped her skill at assessing urgent concerns like suicidal thoughts, self-harm, severe anxiety, and mood dysregulation.
Background and approach
She has also worked as a sexual assault and domestic violence advocate and as a case manager in the foster care system. In sessions she centers the person in front of her. She uses client-centered listening so people feel heard and understood.
She pairs that with solution-focused tools to identify small steps that can make daily life easier. She also draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help manage distressing thoughts, strong emotions, and unhelpful behavior patterns. Those methods are used practically, with clear skills to try between sessions.
Chrissy aims to make therapy feel manageable and even rewarding. She meets people where they are and helps them set realistic goals. Her style is straightforward, warm, and practical, with a focus on safety and steady progress.
02Credentials
- LCPC (Illinois)
- License 180012911 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1396262333 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Christina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Adoption and foster care
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Mood disorders
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
Methods Christina names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Christina names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How practical therapy methods fit online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. Online formats let that work continue with open conversation and reflective listening that helps people feel heard, even when they are not in the same room.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches ways to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In online sessions a therapist can walk a client through thought records, behavioral experiments, and homework assignments that are easy to share over messages or during video calls.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. Those skills translate well to phone check-ins, brief text coaching, or video practice so a person can try techniques between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals and preferences. That might mean mixing client-centered conversation with CBT or DBT skills depending on what helps most.
Online work is flexible and practical. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation and screen sharing of worksheets. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging support quick skill reminders, homework follow-up, or more frequent touchpoints between video visits.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, eating and self-esteem concerns, bipolar disorder, self-harm, and coping with life changes.
What is the therapy style like?
The approach blends client-centered listening with solution-focused work and practical skills from CBT and DBT. Sessions focus on clear steps, coping strategies, and building emotional regulation skills.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She has 10 years of experience in mental health settings including hospitals, residential treatment, nonprofits, and crisis centers.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is an IL LCPC and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with this clinician?
Use the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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