Christianna Sullivan

Christianna Sullivan is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois with seven years of professional experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem struggles, life changes, and questions about life purpose.

Sullivan draws on client-centered work to focus on what matters to each person. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented when that fits, and she uses solution-focused techniques to break problems into manageable steps. Mindfulness practices are also part of her approach when people want tools to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness.

Her background includes years working with divorce recovery and family adjustment issues in volunteer roles, along with professional positions supporting parents and caregivers. That experience informs how she talks about blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and parenting challenges.

In sessions she attends to relationship patterns, intimacy-related concerns, and workplace stress. She also addresses grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and midlife or career transitions. The work often blends short-term problem solving with longer conversations about meaning, direction, and self-regard.

People who feel stuck after a change or who are unsure what comes next may find a practical focus in her work. She asks about goals, suggests small experiments, and checks in on what helps between meetings. This makes the process hands-on and paced to each person’s needs.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening to what matters most to the person and shaping sessions around those priorities. It helps when someone wants a collaborative, respectful conversation about values, relationships, or life purpose.

Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on concrete steps and small experiments. It is useful for people who want clear goals, short-term progress, and practical ways to test what changes help in daily life.

Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and emotional regulation during transitions.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods over time. That means sessions can be focused on problem solving one week and on noticing patterns or values the next.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or remove travel time. These practical benefits often help people maintain regular meetings while they sort out what comes next.