- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- CBT and ACT techniques
- Attachment-focused work
About Celeste
Celeste Trevino, LCPC, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois with 35 years of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, work through relationship issues, and recover from trauma and abuse. She also supports clients facing anger and self-esteem struggles.
Celeste uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) alongside other approaches to help people name and respond to difficult emotions. She often blends cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance and commitment ideas to shift unhelpful patterns. Her work emphasizes recognizing attachment patterns and how they shape everyday reactions.
Sessions focus on clear, practical steps as well as deeper emotional work. She talks with clients about what keeps problems repeating and practices new ways of responding. That can mean trying different communication strategies or learning to tolerate strong feelings without reacting on impulse.
Celeste draws on decades of practice to adapt methods to each person’s situation. She pays attention to relationship history, abandonment concerns, and patterns tied to avoidance or dependency. She also addresses more specific issues such as body image, codependency, kink and alternative sex culture, dissociation, and divorce or separation.
People who reach out can expect direct conversation and concrete skills alongside emotional processing. The goal is to make feelings easier to understand and to create workable changes in daily life.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name core emotions that drive relationship and behavior patterns. In online work this often means pausing to notice feelings as they come up and practicing new ways of responding to them. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and problems where avoidance is common. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current reactions. It helps people see recurring triggers and try different responses in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice may shift as issues become clearer or new needs emerge.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow quieter check-ins during a break, or remove travel time. Some people prefer shorter sessions when bandwidth or scheduling is tight, while others use a standard session length to dig into emotional patterns.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
35+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem problems. Additional focuses include abandonment, attachment issues, body image, codependency, and divorce or separation.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with cognitive and acceptance-based tools. Sessions mix emotional exploration with practical skills for everyday challenges.
How much experience does she have?
She has 35 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, licensed in Illinois.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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