Dr. Christina Collins, LCMHC - Therapist in North Carolina

About Christina

Dr. Christina Collins is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She has worked in counseling since 2009 and brings 16 years of clinical experience to sessions.

Many people seek her help for stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and depression. She also supports those navigating health challenges such as cancer and the changes that follow. Her approach is warm and attuned.

She helps people build a clearer relationship with themselves and notice their inner experience.

Background and approach

That often means naming difficult feelings, tracing how relationships affect emotions, and practicing new ways of responding. Dr. Collins uses attachment-based ideas and emotionally focused work to address relationship patterns and intimacy concerns.

She also draws on client-centered methods and mindfulness to help people feel more present and connected to what matters to them. Her background includes expressive arts and somatic perspectives that may appear in sessions as experiential exercises. She has training rooted in theories such as attachment and self-psychology and brings practical tools for grief, trauma, and life-direction work.

Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, steady emotional awareness, and improving communication patterns. Parents reading here will find her listed in a Family and parenting directory for her work relating to family issues and parenting concerns. Dr.

Collins invites people to explore their next steps at a steady pace. She aims to support growth, clearer choices, and better emotional regulation across life and relationship changes.

How her approaches translate to online work

Dr. Collins uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early and current relationships shape emotion and behavior; this helps with closeness, abandonment concerns, and patterns that repeat in relationships. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and reshaping emotion-driven interaction cycles, which can improve intimacy and communication. Client-centered work places the person's experience at the center, offering a respectful, nonjudgmental space to make meaning and choose next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. She will collaborate with each person to identify which methods suit their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking in about what helps, and adjusting the plan over time together.

Session format options are not listed here, so confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for steady weekly check-ins that support momentum. It also makes it simpler to include experiential exercises, mindfulness practices, and emotional tracking between sessions when that fits the person's needs.

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.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, LGBT concerns, self-esteem, career questions, and compassion fatigue.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is empathic and attuned, emphasizing emotional awareness, clearer self-relationship, and practical communication changes.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has been practicing since 2009 and has 16 years of experience working with adults on a range of concerns.

What credentials and where is she located?

She holds the NC LCMHC credential and practices in North Carolina.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?

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

How do I begin working with this therapist?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 16 years
Licensed: North Carolina
Languages: English

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