About Celeste
Celeste Trevino brings 35 years of clinical experience to work with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, anger, and low self-esteem. She practices in Illinois and holds an IL LCPC, offering practical help for those feeling stuck or overwhelmed. Her style is straightforward and compassionate.
Sessions focus on clear goals and practical skills that people can use between meetings. She helps clients notice patterns that keep them in pain and try new ways of responding to hard feelings.
Background and approach
Celeste draws from several approaches to fit each person’s needs. That can mean learning new ways to challenge unhelpful thoughts, building stronger emotional bonds, or clarifying values and actions that feel meaningful. She explains ideas in plain language and works at a steady, respectful pace.
She has particular experience with attachment issues, abandonment concerns, codependency, and communication problems. She also addresses body image, kink and alternative sex culture, dissociation, and challenges tied to separation or divorce. Her background supports people coping with caregiver stress, commitment worries, and control or dependent personality patterns.
Sessions are collaborative and focused on change people notice in daily life. Celeste aims to help clients leave therapy with clearer direction, better coping tools, and a stronger sense of agency. Her long experience means she is comfortable adapting methods to fit different needs and situations.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions even when feelings are difficult. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, and rebuilding direction after hard experiences. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It often helps with anxiety, anger, and self-esteem struggles. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at how emotions shape close connections and communication and can help people strengthen emotional bonds and handle hurt more easily.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is seen.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face from another location. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving, or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while using approaches like ACT, CBT, and EFT in a collaborative way.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English