Christina "Chrissy" Senior, LCPC

Christina "Chrissy" Senior is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with 10 years of experience in the mental health field. She has worked across hospitals, residential treatment facilities, nonprofit organizations, and crisis centers, developing broad experience supporting both adolescents and adults facing a range of challenges. Her background includes work as a sexual assault and domestic violence advocate and as a case manager within the foster care system, which informs her sensitivity to trauma, family disruption, and adoption and foster care concerns.

In her current role as one of the directors at a behavioral health hospital, she conducts comprehensive mental health assessments for people experiencing issues such as suicidal ideation, self-harming behaviors, severe anxiety, dysfunctional family dynamics, trauma, and mood dysregulation. She specializes in mood and anxiety disorders and also works with relationship, family, grief, eating, addiction, LGBT, and bipolar concerns among others. As an LCPC - a licensed clinical counselor with training to provide assessment and therapy - she integrates client-centered and solution-focused methods to help clients set and achieve practical goals.

She places high value on the therapeutic relationship and aims to build a trustworthy bond that makes therapy feel engaging and beneficial. Her approach combines empathy and structure so sessions can be both cathartic and oriented toward improving daily functioning and overall quality of life.