- Client-centered focus
- Bilingual English Spanish
- Practical coping skills
About Crista
Crista Lonergan is an Ohio licensed professional counselor with 10 years of experience. Crista creates a calm space where people can speak freely about stress, anxiety, trauma, and relationship strain. Sessions focus on listening first and then working together to find useful ways forward.
Clients often come with worries about confidence, motivation, grief, or family conflict. Crista draws on client-centered therapy to keep the conversation focused on each person's experience and priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and more in control of the next steps.
Crista also uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to address unhelpful thinking and to build meaningful behavioral changes. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and attachment-based ideas are offered when they match a person's needs. The mix of methods is practical and goal-oriented rather than one-size-fits-all.
Session work can include talking through painful memories, practicing new communication habits, and setting small achievable goals. Crista emphasizes steady progress and realistic strategies for coping with life changes, ADHD-related challenges, and mood concerns.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. Crista supports people navigating identity and LGBT-related issues, multicultural concerns, adoption or foster care questions, and a wide range of relationship and intimacy topics. To begin, follow the site process and schedule a time that fits your life.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's pace. It emphasizes understanding the client's priorities and building trust before moving into change work. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps toward a values-driven life. ACT is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it can be useful for mood problems and anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Crista will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit best with a person's goals and preferences. Together they set goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use tools such as in-session worksheets, thought records, or mindfulness exercises from home. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, ACT practices, and client-centered conversations to an online setting to help clients move toward clearer priorities and better daily coping.
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What issues does Crista help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, parenting stress, anger, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, autism, communication problems, gender dysphoria, and multicultural issues.
What is the therapeutic style like?
Her foundation is client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening and following each person's pace. She combines that with approaches such as CBT, ACT, DBT, and attachment-based ideas to build practical skills and clearer thinking.
How much experience does she have?
Crista has 10 years of professional work experience supporting people through a variety of concerns and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor, listed as LPCC, and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Crista?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time according to therapist availability.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.