Chinnika Crisler, LCSW
Compassionate support for managing anger and stress
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How Chinnika works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Mississippi
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Chinnika
Chinnika Crisler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 13 years as a therapist and a longer career in social work. She practices from Mississippi and helps adults who are coping with a wide range of life stresses. Her work often includes support for anger, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns.
Her sessions are warm and interactive. She talks with people respectfully and without labels. Her goal is to tailor conversations and plans to each person's needs so therapy fits real life challenges.
Background and approach
Chinnika uses practical methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies. She also draws on client-centered and mindfulness approaches to help people notice patterns, shift unhelpful thoughts, and build coping skills. Motivational interviewing is part of how she supports change when someone feels stuck.
She has experience helping people manage addiction, chronic health issues, caregiving stress, body image concerns, and trauma or abuse. She also addresses work pressures, sleep and eating issues, and struggles with intimacy or self-esteem. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and concrete steps to get there.
Chinnika aims to create a respectful space where clients can practice new ways of handling anger and stress. She encourages small, steady progress and works collaboratively to meet each person’s goals.
What Chinnika works with
Everything Chinnika lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Chinnika's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Chinnika lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's goals and lived experience. Sessions emphasize listening, empathy, and building a treatment plan that fits the individual. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive, nonjudgmental space to work through anger, grief, or life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It breaks down patterns that feed anxiety, anger, or low mood and teaches clear strategies to change those patterns. CBT is practical for symptom-focused work like managing stress or improving sleep.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity. It helps people notice impulses and choose different responses instead of acting on automatic patterns of anger or anxiety.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone calls can fit into a short break, and messaging works well for brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Chinnika
What concerns does Chinnika help with?
She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, and trauma-related concerns among others.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive, focused on respect and sensitivity. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person's needs.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 13 years of experience as a therapist and a longer total career in social work, bringing broad experience with adult clients.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an MS LCSW and practices in Mississippi.
In which languages can I meet with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not taking international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on therapist availability.