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Christina Steele-Lietz

Insightful therapist focused on practical change

LMSW, LCSW Illinois

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

Christina Steele-Lietz brings a compassionate, collaborative approach grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy while drawing on multiple evidence-informed methods to meet each client where they are.

Background and approach

She frames therapy as a partnership in which she is a confidante, teacher, and supportive listener, helping people identify facts, explore solutions, and build practical skills for managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and related concerns.

With a focus on helping clients learn how to respond to what cannot be controlled, she supports developing self-comfort, resilience, and clearer sense of identity and purpose.

Licensed as an LMSW and LCSW and practicing for 20 years, Christina has worked with a wide range of concerns including grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping struggles, career and self-esteem challenges, as well as ADHD, bipolar, compassion fatigue, and caregiving stress.

Her additional focus includes adoption and foster care, blended family issues, chronic pain and illness, dissociation, gender dysphoria, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and many other life transitions. Therapy with her emphasizes practical strategies, emotional processing, and a respectful, nonjudgmental space to explore what matters most to each person.

Bringing proven approaches to online care

Christina integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online work to help clients build practical coping strategies and clarify personal values. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and developing behavioral experiments and skills to reduce symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating disruptions. ACT emphasizes acceptance, mindfulness, and committed action so people can move toward what matters despite difficult thoughts or feelings.

She approaches treatment collaboratively, recognizing that finding the right approach is part of the process. Together with each client she explores goals, preferences, and life context to decide which methods or combination of techniques will best support progress and day-to-day functioning.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility for varied schedules and needs. These formats allow practical skill-building between sessions, timely check-ins, and options for people who need different ways to engage in care while managing work, caregiving, or health-related constraints.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with a broad set of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping problems, and career or self-esteem struggles.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental, blending practical skill-building with compassionate listening and exploration of personal values and goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 20 years of professional experience supporting people through a variety of life challenges and transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LMSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Illinois with the following licences noted: MI LMSW 6801120967 and IL LCSW 149.011914.
In which language can clients work with her?
Therapy is offered in English only, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Clients can connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services are provided via a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityDissociationDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesFirst responder issuesGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan

Languages

English