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Christina Oxley

Compassionate, collaborative counseling for change

About Christina

Christina Oxley is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with three years of clinical experience. She emphasizes a collaborative, client-centered style that honors each person’s knowledge of their own life while offering guidance and therapeutic tools.

Background and approach

Christina draws from a range of evidence-based techniques and a holistic perspective that considers how mind, body, relationships, and environment interact to influence wellbeing.

Her practice addresses a variety of concerns including stress and anxiety, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, addictions, ADHD, self-esteem struggles, eating and intimacy-related issues, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes. Christina aims to create a nonjudgmental space where clients can explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and work toward practical, personally meaningful goals.

Christina frames therapy as a partnership: she collaborates with clients to identify priorities and tailor interventions to individual needs. She views reaching out for help as an important step and strives to support clients as they build insight, develop coping strategies, and make changes that align with their values and goals.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Accessible Online Care

Christina draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach she uses involves cognitive-behavioral ideas that help identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and develop concrete strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. Another approach emphasizes a holistic, integrative perspective that addresses interactions among the mind, body, relationships, and environment to support broader wellbeing and coping with life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with clients to explore goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past, then tailors interventions to match each person’s needs. This partnership helps ensure therapy methods fit the client’s situation and evolve over time as progress is made.

Online formats offer flexibility for people balancing schedules and responsibilities. Christina provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication styles and availability. These options can make it easier to maintain consistency in treatment and to access licensed professional care from wherever a client is located within Illinois, while allowing adjustments as needs change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Christina commonly address?
She works with many presenting issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, parenting challenges, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD.
What is Christina's therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative, client-centered approach and integrates evidence-based techniques while attending to mind-body and relational connections.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Christina has three years of professional experience providing direct mental health services.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with licence IL LCPC 180.014221.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Pricing varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with Christina?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule appointments according to her availability.

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Experience
3 years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English