About Christina
Christina Janiszeski offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, substance concerns, and big life transitions. She focuses on clear, useful steps so callers and message-readers can start feeling steadier. Christina uses straightforward language and a steady presence to help people move forward.
Christina is a Licensed Professional Counselor, with ten years of experience working with emotional pain and addictive struggles. She earned a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with depression, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem issues, along with addiction and bipolar-related concerns. Her sessions aim to be collaborative and person-focused. She draws on client-centered methods to center what matters most to the individual.
Techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and build new coping habits. Christina also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing strategies when those fit a person’s goals. Mindfulness helps with emotional regulation and stress, while motivational interviewing supports change when someone feels stuck or ambivalent about shifting behavior.
She addresses a wide range of everyday struggles, including relationship and family problems, career stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, body image concerns, and feelings of isolation. Sessions include practical homework and communication skills practice when useful. People who choose her can expect a steady, nonjudgmental approach with clear next steps.
She helps clients define small goals and track progress over time.
How Christina’s Approaches Work Online
Christina often uses client-centered methods that focus on what each person values and needs. This approach means the session follows the client’s priorities, with the therapist reflecting back what matters and helping set practical goals.She also uses cognitive-behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and build new coping skills. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and for changing behaviors related to addiction or mood symptoms.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Christina will listen to goals, try a few techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. The process is collaborative and paced to match the client’s needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for in-depth work where visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, progress notes, and quick coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, care routine, or busy schedule while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Minnesota
- Languages
- English