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Christianna Sullivan

Compassionate, client-centered therapy with practical focus

About Christianna

Christianna Sullivan is a licensed clinician practicing in Illinois who combines seven years of professional clinical experience with a long history of supporting families and individuals.

Background and approach

She holds both LCSW and LCPC credentials and brings practical know-how helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, self-esteem and motivation, and life transitions such as divorce and blended family adjustments. Her approach centers on respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care tailored to each person’s needs.

Christianna emphasizes a client-centered and solution-focused style, integrating mindfulness and other tools to build coping skills and increase emotional resilience. She works with concerns ranging from grief, trauma, and intimacy-related struggles to career questions, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related issues.

Clients can expect collaborative planning and a focus on practical strategies that align with their goals and values. Christianna supports exploration of forgiveness, life purpose, self-love, and workplace or social anxiety matters while crafting an individualized path forward that reflects each client’s priorities and pace.

Integrating Client-Centered and Solution-Focused Care Online

Christianna uses client-centered therapy to prioritize the client’s perspective, creating a collaborative space where the therapist listens closely and helps guide decisions based on the individual’s values and needs. This approach supports exploration of self-esteem, relationship concerns, grief, and life purpose by centering what matters most to the client.

She also applies solution-focused therapy to identify specific goals and build practical steps toward change. That method is useful for addressing challenges like stress, workplace issues, parenting concerns, and coping with life transitions by focusing on strengths and short-term strategies.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the work together; the therapist will collaborate with each person to determine which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and preferences. This process is flexible and adapts as priorities shift over the course of therapy.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for scheduling and ongoing communication. These formats can make it easier to maintain regular sessions while balancing daily commitments, and they allow clients to engage in care from different settings according to what works best for them.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does this therapist commonly address?
Christianna works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family conflicts, self-esteem, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting and career concerns, and ADHD among other topics.
How would you describe the therapeutic style and approach?
The practice emphasizes a client-centered and solution-focused style, using mindfulness and focused strategies to build coping skills and work toward practical goals with collaborative planning.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She has seven years of professional clinical experience along with extensive volunteer and personal experience supporting families and individuals through life transitions.
What credentials and location are associated with this clinician?
Christianna is credentialed as an LCSW and an LCPC and practices in Illinois. The provided license details include IL LCSW 149020276 and IL LCPC 180011835.
Are sessions available in languages other than English or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and the therapist is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered for therapy?
Clients can work with the therapist via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How is pricing handled for sessions?
Cost varies with client location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.