About Christopher
Christopher "Chris" Dueker is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 18 years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and on reducing behaviors that get in the way of daily life. Chris uses clear, practical techniques so people can see small changes that add up over time.
He draws from approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new actions.
Background and approach
Sessions often include learning skills to handle strong emotions, break cycles of avoidance, and rebuild healthier routines. The work is goal-oriented and paced to what each person can manage. Chris also uses attachment-based and client-centered ideas to strengthen relationships and improve communication.
That can mean learning how to talk about needs, set boundaries, or repair patterns that keep repeating in close relationships. He helps people untangle past hurts so they interfere less with today.
People come to Chris for a range of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship problems, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and issues tied to identity including LGBT matters. He also addresses related topics such as abandonment, codependency, caregiver stress, and dissociation. Practical skill-building is central to his approach.
Sessions may include concrete exercises, role-play for communication practice, or steps to change routine habits. Chris aims to help people build steady skills they can use outside sessions to cope with life changes and feel more in control.
Online approaches that focus on skills and values
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then take actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and coping with major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change habits that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and habit change.Choosing the right approach is a team process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels doable. That collaborative planning guides whether ACT, CBT, attachment-based ideas, or a mix of methods will be used in sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make scheduling more flexible. Video is useful for full conversations and skill practice, phone is good when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone check in quickly, and messaging supports brief updates or homework between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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