About Christopher
Christopher Perkins is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois who draws on 18 years of clinical experience to help people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions.
Background and approach
He brings focused attention to relationship and intimacy-related struggles, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns, and often works with issues such as abandonment, attachment patterns, control struggles, and family of origin dynamics. His practice also addresses drug and alcohol addiction, impulsivity, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose and social anxiety.
Perkins emphasizes practical, evidence-based techniques tailored to each person's situation and goals. He welcomes clients seeking support with coping through life changes, improving interpersonal connection, or resolving longstanding emotional patterns.
With a straightforward, collaborative approach, he helps clients identify patterns, build coping skills, and set achievable steps toward improved functioning and well-being. Fluent in English and licensed to practice in Illinois (IL LCPC 180-004814), he offers a range of session formats to suit different needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Christopher approaches each client with respect for their experience and a focus on developing workable strategies for meaningful change.
Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care
Christopher uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach involves cognitive strategies that help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more balanced perspectives, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and shame. Another frequently used approach emphasizes skill-building for emotional regulation and impulse control, useful for addiction, impulsivity, and intense emotional reactions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works together with each client to assess concerns, preferences, and goals, and then tailors methods to fit those needs rather than applying a single fixed model. Over time they review what is working and adjust the plan to better support progress.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage in this work through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access help from wherever the client is located within Illinois. Licensed professionals can use these options to provide consistent, ongoing support while adapting session style to what best suits the client.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English