Christina (Crissy) Irrgang-Wade, LPCC
Compassionate LPCC offering practical parental support
Book with Christina- Years in practice
- 11
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Anger management
About Christina
Christina (Crissy) Irrgang-Wade is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota with 11 years of experience. She offers a calm, patient presence for people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, addiction, and parenting concerns. Her style is nonjudgmental and grounded in listening to each person's story.
She uses client-centered methods to focus on what matters most to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her work when thoughts and habits need practical change.
Background and approach
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) and mindfulness approaches are used to help people reconnect with feelings and reduce distress. Crissy has worked with people affected by trauma, including intergenerational trauma, and with those coping with grief, anger, and compulsive behaviors. She also supports people navigating life transitions, career stress, postpartum depression, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues.
Her background includes years of experience alongside Native American communities and knowledge of Ojibwe culture. Sessions may involve talking through patterns, practicing new skills, and using mindfulness exercises to manage strong feelings. She believes clients know their own stories and aims to build on each person’s strengths.
The goal is practical progress that fits everyday life. Crissy provides care through video, phone, chat, or text formats. People can expect straightforward, respectful guidance focused on realistic steps toward feeling better and handling parenting and other stresses more effectively.
What Christina works with
Everything Christina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Christina helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christina lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven care offered online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's priorities and builds the sessions around their goals. It involves listening closely, reflecting what matters most, and supporting people to find their own solutions for parenting stress, anxiety, and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and small behavioral steps to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change habits that interfere with daily life.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people access and name strong emotions, which can reduce overwhelm and improve how they relate to others. It can be useful for managing grief, intimacy-related concerns, and intense reactions to stress.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, goals, and preferences and try different techniques to see what fits best. That teamwork helps shape a plan that feels realistic and useful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and exercises, phone works when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a brief check-in, and messaging supports shorter, ongoing contact between sessions. These options help people fit care into work, parenting, and busy lives.
Questions people ask about Christina
What kinds of issues are addressed here?
She helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and related struggles such as ADHD and postpartum depression.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Crissy blends client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused approaches, plus mindfulness practices to help manage emotions.
What is her professional background?
She has 11 years of professional work experience and has spent years working with Native American communities, including knowledge of Ojibwe culture.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is an LPCC licensed in Minnesota and practices from that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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