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Christina Reed

Compassionate guidance for life transitions

LCPC Illinois

Experience
25 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Parenting
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English
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About Christina

Christina Reed is an Illinois-licensed clinician (LCPC) who works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, career challenges, and major life transitions.

Background and approach

With 25 years of professional experience, she emphasizes clients' strengths and treats each person as the expert of their own story, helping them build practical skills and clarity to move forward.

Her approach blends evidence-informed methods, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and client-centered principles, along with tools from DBT and emotionally focused work when appropriate. Christina offers a collaborative space to explore unresolved past issues, relationship patterns, communication difficulties, family-of-origin concerns, and questions around life purpose and midlife changes.

She also addresses mood concerns such as panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and workplace stress. Christina aims to help people reduce distress, strengthen coping strategies, and identify steps toward a more meaningful life.

She invites clients to bring their goals and lived experience to sessions and works together with them to chart a practical path forward within the rhythms of their everyday lives.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Christina commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into her online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and developing practical strategies to change them, which can help with anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. ACT emphasizes values, acceptance, and committed action to build psychological flexibility and address life transitions and chronic stress.

She views matching the therapeutic approach to the person as a collaborative process. Together with clients she explores goals, preferences, and life circumstances to determine whether CBT, ACT, client-centered listening, or selected DBT or emotionally focused techniques will best support progress, and she adapts methods as needs evolve.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels with technology. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home or work, and integrate therapeutic work into everyday life while working with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting issues, career difficulties, and coping with life changes, plus related concerns like caregiver stress, communication and family problems, mood disorders, panic, and post-traumatic stress.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
The practice emphasizes collaborative, strengths-based care drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered work, DBT skills, and emotionally focused techniques to address thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Christina brings 25 years of professional experience working with adults on a range of life and mental health challenges.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She is licensed in Illinois as an LCPC and holds license number IL LCPC 180.006681.
Does she work in languages other than English or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Clients may meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs and scheduling.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

Caregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

25+ years

Licensed

Illinois

Languages

English