- Motivational approach
- DBT skills
- Goal focused
About Christina
Christina McGinn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 15 years of counseling experience. She focuses on helping people build confidence and assertiveness so they can face hard situations. Her work includes crisis services, corrections, community practice, and private practice settings.
Christina holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin Parkside and a Master of Science in Education in Counseling from Concordia University Wisconsin. She uses Motivational Interviewing to encourage change and draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to help with emotional regulation. These approaches shape her practical, supportive style.
Clients can expect an encouraging and comforting therapist who talks through goals and small steps. Christina pays attention to relationship patterns and coping skills, including issues related to codependency, addictions, grief, and stress. She also works with concerns such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, and chronic illness.
Her sessions often focus on specific, doable strategies that make day-to-day life easier. She is interested in individual, group, couples, and family work and has experience across several care settings. Christina aims to help people recognize what matters to them and take steady steps toward those goals.
People who prefer a collaborative, goal-focused approach may find her style helpful. She invites prospective clients to consider what they want to change and to start with small, practical moves toward those changes.
How her approaches work in online therapy
Christina commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to change feelings and behavior. DBT teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Christina will ask about goals, daily challenges, and personal preferences, then suggest methods to try. She aims to adapt sessions so the work fits the client rather than fitting the client to one method.
Confirm the available session formats before booking since session types are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life - for example, it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday break, or avoid the need for childcare arrangements. Licensed professionals can use these approaches to address anxiety, codependency patterns, mood symptoms, and coping skills in ways that suit a client's schedule and needs.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, codependency, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, ADHD, and related issues.
What is her counseling style like?
Her style is comforting, supportive, and encouraging. She uses Motivational Interviewing and practical skills to help clients make changes step by step.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 15 years of experience working in crisis services, corrections, community practice, and private practice.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Wisconsin and practices there.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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