Christina “Christie” Samulevich
Compassionate, practical therapy for complex challenges
About Christina
Christina “Christie” Samulevich offers support for a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, LGBT concerns, self-esteem, career transitions, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
She also focuses on areas such as codependency, communication problems, body image, abandonment, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress, polyamory and non-monogamous relationships, hospice and end-of-life counseling, intellectual disability, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, forgiveness, and compassion fatigue. Christie emphasizes practical strategies and compassionate guidance to help clients manage symptoms and navigate difficult circumstances.
Christie brings three years of clinical experience as an LCSW licensed in Illinois (IL LCSW 149024512). Her style blends client-centered listening with evidence-informed techniques like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, solution-focused work, and trauma-focused interventions.
She aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental atmosphere where people can explore emotions, identify goals, and try new behaviors. Christie invites prospective clients who are ready for support to take an active role in their care, offering collaborative treatment planning and practical tools to build resilience and move toward meaningful change.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Options
Christie frequently integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy into online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening with empathy and creating a collaborative space where clients set the pace; it helps people explore feelings and build self-understanding. Cognitive behavioral therapy offers practical tools for identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage depression, and address compulsive patterns.She approaches treatment as a collaborative process and will work with each client to determine which methods fit best. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process, and she partners with clients to set goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan as needs and preferences evolve.
Online therapy with Christie is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to attend sessions from varied locations and to maintain continuity of care, while allowing clients and licensed professionals to focus on practical strategies, skill building, and emotional support in ways that fit daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English