About
Counseling grounded in respect, curiosity, and careful pacing.
I believe people make sense. What looks like a symptom is often a way someone learned to survive something difficult.
Professional biography
Christina (Christy) Selvig, MA, LPCC, NCC
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate · Doctoral Student
Christina “Christy” Selvig, MA, LPCC, NCC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate who works with adults and couples navigating trauma, complex trauma, dissociation, anxiety, relationship distress, and other experiences that can leave people feeling disconnected from themselves or from those they love.
Christy approaches counseling from a relational and trauma-informed perspective, with particular attention to safety, attachment, emotional regulation, and the ways difficult experiences can shape how people understand themselves and relate to others. She values careful pacing and believes meaningful therapy is collaborative rather than something done to a client.
Her clinical work integrates evidence-informed approaches including EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy, ego-state and parts-informed interventions, and person-centered counseling. She has completed specialized training in trauma and dissociative disorders and works intentionally to help clients build greater internal safety, understanding, connection, and flexibility.
Christy is also a PhD student in Counselor Education and Supervision at Liberty University, with an anticipated completion date of May 2028. Her developing research interests include attachment, trauma, and dissociative disorders.
Therapeutic philosophy
How I Approach Therapy
Many of the responses that bring people to counseling once served an important purpose. Anxiety, avoidance, emotional shutdown, hypervigilance, dissociation, or recurring relationship patterns may have developed as ways of adapting to experiences that felt overwhelming, unsafe, or difficult to understand.
Counseling is not about simply eliminating symptoms. It is about understanding what those responses have been protecting, building greater safety and flexibility, and creating room for connection and meaningful change.
I believe therapy works best when clients are active participants in the process. We work collaboratively, move at a pace that respects your nervous system and readiness, and make room for curiosity rather than judgment.
For trauma-focused work, preparation and stabilization matter. Processing difficult experiences is never the starting point simply because trauma is present. We first work to build the skills, internal resources, and sense of safety necessary for deeper work when and if it becomes appropriate.
In our work together
What You Can Expect
- 01A collaborative rather than prescriptive relationship
- 02Careful pacing, especially in trauma and dissociation work
- 03Space to understand patterns without shame
- 04Attention to emotional, relational, and nervous-system experiences
- 05Practical grounding and regulation skills when useful
- 06Treatment individualized to you rather than applied as a one-size-fits-all process
Your values, beliefs, culture, relationships, and lived experience are important parts of the counseling process and will be treated with respect.
Academic background
Education
PhD Student, Counselor Education and Supervision
Liberty University
Anticipated May 2028
Developing research interests: attachment, trauma, and dissociative disorders
Master of Arts, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Liberty University
2024
Bachelor of Arts, Interior Design
The Art Institute of Colorado
2001
Clinical preparation
Specialized Clinical Training
- Completed EMDRIA-approved EMDR training
- Completed Emotionally Focused Therapy Core Skills training
- Completed Stranger in the Mirror Dissociative Disorders Training, Levels 1 and 2
Community and accountability
Professional Memberships
- American Counseling Association
- American Association of Christian Counselors
- Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
- International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
- International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy
A little more personally
Outside the Therapy Room
Outside of counseling and doctoral work, Christy enjoys cooking and baking, reading fiction when she can take a break from academic reading, and spending time in the Colorado mountains. She and her husband have been married for 29 years and enjoy time with their four adult children.
Finding the right counselor matters.
If you are wondering whether my approach may be a good fit for what you are navigating, I would be glad to begin with a brief consultation.