Christina Collins, LMHC, LCPC
Practical, collaborative counseling for everyday challenges
Book with Christina- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LMHC, LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Christina
Christina Collins is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 13 years of experience. She is an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community and helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, burnout, and major life changes. Her approach is collaborative and practical.
She asks questions to learn a person's life and priorities, then offers tools to match those goals. Sessions focus on the present while allowing space to look at past events when they affect today.
Background and approach
Christina draws from a range of evidence-informed tools to fit each person's needs. She uses client-centered methods to listen and clarify, cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and EMDR when trauma processing is helpful. She also uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing as needed.
Clients can expect clear goals and concrete skills to use between sessions. Christina emphasizes small, manageable steps and practical coping techniques for stress, parenting strain, and workplace fatigue. She also addresses identity, sexuality, and relationship dynamics when they come up for the individual.
Christina works from Illinois and holds licensure in both Illinois and Indiana. She has helped people across many concerns over more than a decade and brings a steady, nonjudgmental style to the work.
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
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christina lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's priorities. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they hear, and helps clarify goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online CBT often includes short skill practice, homework, and concrete strategies for anxiety, depression, and stress.EMDR is another approach Christina uses when trauma processing is needed; it involves guided techniques to help process distressing memories and reduce their emotional hold. Not every concern requires EMDR, and she will discuss whether it seems helpful for a person’s situation.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to choose methods that match a client's goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying different tools, checking in about what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, coping reminders, and ongoing support between longer sessions. Together these formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, and busy lives.
Questions people ask about Christina
What concerns does Christina commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, ADHD, trauma and abuse, and issues related to sexuality and identity.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and solution-focused, emphasizing practical skills and short-term goals while leaving room to explore past events when they affect the present.
What background and experience does she bring?
Christina has 13 years of clinical experience and has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma, adoption and foster care issues, and midlife transitions.
Which credentials and region are associated with this clinician?
She holds LMHC in Indiana and LCPC in Illinois and practices from Illinois.
In what languages are sessions offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available for online work?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a match and schedule sessions?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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