Meet Christina
Christina Cheser, LMSW
Supervised by Amanda Manchack, LCSW-S
You have tried to follow the formula you were taught to be happy in our world. Or perhaps you felt like you were born unlucky and deprived of the resources needed to live a happy and fulfilling life. Your life has been fraught with judgments, being told the “right” or “wrong” ways to live and be, contorting yourself by living someone else’s version of a happy life and holding back everything you know is true for you. You sacrifice and overextend yourself in hopes of attaining even just a sliver of fulfillment but… it never comes, leaving yourself only with pain, tension, hopelessness, and misery. What if you didn’t have to live in that kind of reality anymore?
What if you were invited to be, and do, something different? Where you are asked questions that assist you in finding out what it means to be authentically you? Imagine living in a reality unfettered by the chains of your past—to let go of the judgments and writing a new story specially tailored for you and becoming the best version of you you are capable of being.
As someone who is multiracial and an Army Brat who moved across states and countries every few years, I wore carefully crafted personality masks in a desperate attempt to meet my needs for acceptance. Confining myself with arbitrary labels and pretending to be someone others wanted me to be instead of being myself left me feeling broken, lonely, and lost. I had judged myself as someone inherently worthless. That belief obscured the truth, which was the fact that I already had many unique and brilliant gifts within me.
It can be incredibly difficult to believe and see it when one’s heart and mind are mired in the bog that is depression, anxiety, and trauma. Exploring spirituality and energy medicine I discovered the enormous role the subconscious has in determining our reality. I have since learned how healing my own blocked energies can drastically change everything I knew and I have since devoted myself to assisting others in exploring what that profound healing can look like for them.
In my sessions, I invite my clients to come as they are and explore their core beliefs and patterns, how they are shaped by their upbringing and life experiences, and facilitate their journey of growth and self-empowerment. I won’t tell you what a fulfilling life looks like for you; it looks different for everyone after all, but I can help you in realizing it. I assist in navigating struggles with poor self-esteem, difficulties in life changes and relationships, and releasing trauma locked into the body with healing modalities such as mindfulness, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), PSYCH-K, and Reiki.
You know much more than you think you know. Sometimes we just need a little help in freeing ourselves from those limiting beliefs. If you’re interested in having me as part of your healing journey, book a free 15-minute consultation and we’ll go from there!
Services
Trauma Informed Counseling
Emotional Freedom Technique
PSYCH-K
Teens Therapy (16+)
Reiki
Get to know me
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Baldur's Gate 3
GAME I’VE BEEN PLAYING LATELY
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Drawing
I’M A DIGITAL ARTIST
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My Cats
SHELA & RYNE