Christina Zivec

Christina Zivec is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with individuals who are navigating depression, concentration difficulties, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Christina also supports those facing LGBT matters and feelings of isolation or social anxiety.

Christina believes clients are the experts on their own lives. She helps people identify strengths they already have and use those strengths to move toward change. The first steps can feel hard, and she aims to make them feel doable and clear.

In sessions she listens for what matters most and helps people build practical skills. That can include improving how they communicate, managing overwhelming feelings, or finding better ways to focus and remember. Christina emphasizes small, realistic steps over big, immediate fixes.

Her background includes 15 years of professional practice in Illinois as an LCPC. That experience has included supporting people with a range of mood and attention concerns, and guiding those who feel cut off or alone back toward connection.

Christina frames therapy as a collaborative process. She offers steady guidance while inviting clients to set the pace. The work is aimed at real-life improvements people can notice between sessions.

Approaches that guide online work and finding the right fit

Christina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building skills and changing daily habits. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing alternative ways of responding; this helps with anxiety, low mood, and social worries by teaching skills to test and shift thoughts. Another approach centers on developing concrete behavior changes and routines to improve concentration, memory, and stress management; this is helpful for people dealing with attention-related challenges and overwhelmed schedules.

Choosing the best approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. From there she tailors techniques and pacing so the work fits the client’s life and needs.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the exact session formats before booking since formats were not specified in the original profile. Online options can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They can also help people access care while managing social anxiety or isolation, because sessions can be scheduled around daily responsibilities and go at a comfortable pace.