Celeste Trevino, LCPC

Celeste Trevino is an Illinois LCPC with 35 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, anger, and low self-esteem. She also works with concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, and body image. Celeste uses straightforward, practical conversations to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck and try different ways of responding.

Her sessions focus on understanding how past experiences shape present reactions. She asks direct questions, listens for recurring themes, and offers exercises to practice between meetings. People often work on clearer boundaries, steadier reactions to triggering events, and more accurate self-talk.

Celeste draws on approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Existential Therapy. She mixes ideas from these models to match what a person needs in the moment rather than sticking to a single formula.

Her style is practical and paced to the client. She explains skills, then coaches their use in everyday situations. Assignments are short and focused so practice feels doable rather than overwhelming.

Clients in Illinois meet with a clinician who has long experience in adult emotional and relationship work. Sessions help people who repeatedly put others first, people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or those living around someone else’s moods or crises to better recognize their own needs and options.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions