Christina McGinn, LPC

Christina McGinn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people build confidence and face difficult challenges with practical steps and steady support.

Christina has worked in crisis services, corrections, private practice, and community settings. She holds a Master of Science in Education-Counseling from Concordia University Wisconsin and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Wisconsin Parkside.

Her counseling style is warm and encouraging. She uses Motivational Interviewing techniques to draw out a person’s own reasons for change and to set manageable goals. She also works with Dialectical Behavior Therapy approaches to help people manage strong emotions and improve relationships.

Christina helps with many concerns, including stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, intimacy-related issues, and ADHD. She also addresses family and parenting challenges, career worries, sleep and eating issues, and compassion fatigue.

In sessions she aims to be practical and straightforward. Clients can expect clear steps, skills to try between meetings, and a focus on what will help day to day. She welcomes conversations about goals and adapts methods to fit each person’s needs.

How her approaches translate to online work

Christina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy concepts to guide online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. DBT offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving communication, and handling conflict in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christina will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. She explains options, checks in about what is helpful, and adjusts plans as progress is made.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow quicker check-ins when a brief session is useful. It can also let someone use audio-only when bandwidth is limited or choose a session time that works around work and family obligations.