- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Self esteem work
About Christena
Christena Wilson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois with eight years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She also focuses on life purpose and building self-love as people reconsider what matters next.
Her background spans hospital, behavioral health, home health, hospice, case management, and community-based care. Those roles shaped a practical approach that combines emotion-focused talk with specific coping tools. Sessions move between processing feelings and learning skills for day-to-day life.
Christena uses mindfulness and nervous system awareness to help people notice how stress shows up in the body. She also offers strengths-based support and cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Emotional regulation tools and reflective conversation are part of how she helps clients find steadier ground.
In therapy with her, some meetings center on practical problem-solving - boundary setting, communication, or making a plan after a big change. Other meetings make room to grieve, name values, and explore identity or purpose. The work aims to create clearer next steps rather than to promise any single outcome.
She is oriented toward adults managing burnout, caregiving strain, relationship stress, or the pressure to keep everything together. To begin, prospective clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Christena often uses mindfulness-based practices to help people notice physical and emotional reactions to stress. In an online meeting this means brief grounding exercises and guided attention practices to reduce overwhelm and increase awareness.She also draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments. Online sessions can include short skill-teaching moments, simple worksheets, and planning for practical steps to try between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals, needs, and everyday routine. That choice is revisited as the work continues so methods can be adjusted if something does not feel useful.
Session formats are not specified in the original biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-in appointments when needed, and reduce travel time. These practical benefits can help people test new coping strategies without reshaping their whole day.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, with added focus on life purpose and self-love.
How does she approach people feeling stuck?
She blends mindfulness and nervous system awareness with cognitive behavioral strategies and emotional regulation tools to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience working across hospital, behavioral health, home health, hospice, case management, and community-based settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and provides services from that state.
Which languages are offered in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.