Christina Collins
Compassionate, practical care for life transitions
LMHC, LCPC Illinois
- Experience
- 13 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Christina
Christina Collins is a licensed counselor practicing in Illinois with 13 years of clinical experience. As an LMHC and LCPC, she focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and related concerns such as compassion fatigue, ADHD, self-esteem, parenting, career transitions, and sexual and relational topics.
Background and approach
She is also an ally to the LGBT community and addresses a broad range of additional areas including adoption and foster care, autism, polyamory and non-monogamous relationships, and sexual assault and abuse. Her approach is collaborative and solution-oriented, centering the client’s lived experience while offering practical strategies from a varied clinical toolbox.
Christina often uses cognitive behavioral techniques and incorporates DBT skills and EMDR when appropriate to address patterns that affect daily functioning. Motivational interviewing and client-centered principles guide sessions that prioritize the client’s goals and preferences.
Clients can expect a present-focused style that remains open to exploring past influences when those histories shape current difficulties. Christina frames therapy as a cooperative process to identify workable steps for change and supports people through life transitions with empathy and practical interventions.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Christina commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression, while DBT emphasizes skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Both approaches translate well to remote sessions and can provide concrete tools for day-to-day challenges.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy principles, which prioritize listening, empathy and collaboration to help clients set their own goals. Finding the right approach is treated as a cooperative process; the therapist will work with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences, and may combine elements from different approaches when helpful.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling and allows therapy to fit into busy routines. These formats make it easier to access regular support from licensed professionals without travel, and they support continued progress through a mix of real-time conversations and ongoing written communication.
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Experience
13+ years
Licensed
Illinois, Indiana
Languages
English