- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Christina
Christina McGinn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people regain confidence and build practical skills for everyday challenges. Christina draws on experience from crisis services, corrections, community settings, and independent practice to shape straightforward support that aims to feel useful from the first session.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin Parkside and a Master of Science in Education - Counseling from Concordia University Wisconsin.
Background and approach
Those academic foundations inform her practical, goal-oriented style. Christina often uses Motivational Interviewing to help people clarify what they want to change and to find the drive to act. Her approach is warm, encouraging, and direct.
She brings techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address problems like anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness practices and solution-focused tools are used to build coping skills and short-term strategies. Christina lists parenting as one of the areas she addresses, along with relationship concerns, addiction, grief, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, and self-esteem.
She also supports people facing career stress, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, and other complex situations. Her background includes work with co-occurring disorders and blended family challenges. Sessions can be conducted through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Christina speaks English and practices in Wisconsin. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.
What Christina works with
Everything Christina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Christina helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christina lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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.
Online approaches that build skills and momentum
Christina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside Motivational Interviewing. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and testing small changes to improve mood and daily functioning. DBT teaches concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills useful for intense emotions and relationship strain. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and boosts commitment to practical steps.Choosing an approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let therapy fit into busy lives. Video works well for in-depth work that benefits from face-to-face conversation. Phone calls use less bandwidth and can be easier to schedule during a break. Live chat or text messaging can be used for quick check-ins, shorter coaching moments, or when typing helps someone reflect. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while adapting to daily demands.
Questions people ask about Christina
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, and ADHD among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is comforting, supportive, and encouraging with a focus on practical steps. She uses motivational techniques to help clients find the will to change.
What is her background and experience?
She has 15 years of counseling experience across crisis services, corrections, community practice, and independent practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Wisconsin and practices there.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered online?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost structured?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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