Christina Cartagena, LPC - Therapist in South Carolina

About Christina

Christina Cartagena is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, or relationship strain. Her style is warm and practical, aimed at helping clients find clearer steps forward and feel steadier in daily life.

Christina uses straightforward techniques to reduce panic, manage mood swings, and address sleep or eating disruptions. She also addresses issues like anger, self-esteem, attachment challenges, and caregiver stress.

Background and approach

Sessions are collaborative, with attention to what each person needs in the moment. Her training includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also draws on Attachment-Based methods to improve how people relate to loved ones.

Emotionally-Focused and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools appear when emotion regulation and relationship patterns are central. Christina holds an LPC license in South Carolina - SC LPC 8591 - and has three years of professional experience. She offers straightforward guidance rather than jargon-filled explanations.

Parents and family members often come with practical concerns, and she focuses on usable strategies they can try between sessions. Therapy with Christina typically involves setting small goals, practicing new ways of responding, and checking progress together. Her aim is to help clients build stronger relationships, reduce day-to-day distress, and handle life changes with more confidence.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit family life

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people understand patterns with partners or family members and can ease repeated conflict or distance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend methods to try. That plan is collaborative and can be adjusted based on what helps most in real life.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits for busy families. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversations from home, while phone sessions provide a simpler option when schedules are tight. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short check-ins and skill practice between sessions. These formats increase flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into everyday routines, while still focusing on emotional regulation, parenting strategies, and relationship repair.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and related concerns such as sleep or eating problems and ADHD.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth, blending talk with practical skills from approaches like CBT and DBT to manage emotions and behavior.

What is her background and experience?

She has three years of professional experience working as a therapist and uses evidence-based methods to help clients with mood, panic, and relationship patterns.

What credentials and region are associated with her practice?

She holds an LPC credential listed as SC LPC 8591 and practices in South Carolina.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Parenting issues
Anger management

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 3 years
Licensed: South Carolina
Languages: English

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