Christina Cartagena, LPC
South Carolina · 3 years in practice
Christina Cartagena is a licensed professional counselor who helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, parenting strain, or low self-esteem.
License and registration
- LPC, South Carolina
- 8591 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1306510961 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Christina
Christina Cartagena is a licensed professional counselor who helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, parenting strain, or low self-esteem. She offers calm, practical support for depression, panic, grief, and problems with sleep or eating. Christina speaks English and practices from South Carolina as an LPC.
Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions focus on understanding emotions and patterns that keep problems going. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas to notice important feelings, and attachment-based thinking to look at how relationships shape reactions.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy are used when concrete tools can help. Christina often helps people working through family tensions, caregiver stress, body image worries, or trouble with communication and control. She also supports clients facing trauma and abuse, domestic violence effects, loneliness, or financial stress.
The goal is to make small, useful changes that improve daily life and relationships. In sessions she will listen closely, reflect what she hears, and offer straightforward strategies to try between meetings. Therapy includes talking through difficult memories, practicing new ways to cope, and tracking what works.
Clients set goals and Christina supports steady progress toward them. Her background includes three years of clinical experience as an LPC in South Carolina. Christina blends compassionate conversation with practical homework and coping techniques.
People looking for a therapist who balances emotional depth with real-world tools may find her approach helpful.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Christina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christina names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that focus on emotion and connection
Christina uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and sit with important feelings that drive behavior. EFT work often helps when clients want to understand their emotional responses and form more supported ways of relating to others.She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current relationships affect reactions to stress and closeness. This perspective can be useful for people struggling with attachment issues, caregiver stress, or repeated relationship patterns.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Christina will talk with each person about their goals, listen to their experiences, and together decide which methods to try first. That plan can change over time as needs and preferences evolve.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let most of the therapeutic work happen face to face when that helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide flexibility for quick updates, coping check-ins, or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or busy days while using the therapeutic approaches described above.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Christina address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, anger, sleep and eating problems, grief, trauma and related relationship and family issues.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her approach is warm and collaborative, combining emotion-focused listening with practical strategies from CBT and DBT when helpful.
What experience does she bring?
Christina has three years of clinical experience working as a licensed professional counselor in South Carolina.
What credentials and region apply?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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