Christina Cartagena, LPC
Gentle, story-focused support for life challenges
Details
| Name | Christina Cartagena |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | South Carolina |
| Licensed in | South Carolina |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 3 |
About Christina
Christina Cartagena is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem concerns. She offers a steady, down-to-earth presence for clients who feel overwhelmed by life changes or stuck in repeating patterns. Christina uses approaches that emphasize personal story and relationships.
She helps people make sense of how past experiences shape current feelings and behaviors. Sessions focus on small, practical steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
In therapy she blends narrative ideas with attachment-informed work and client-centered listening. That means clients are invited to tell their story, notice patterns, and decide what changes matter most. She also draws on cognitive-behavioral and dialectical skills when helpful for managing emotions or panic symptoms.
Christina works with concerns such as parenting stress, relationship and family problems, grief, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, and attention-related struggles. She also addresses issues like body image, caregiver stress, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and isolation. She holds a South Carolina LPC credential and has three years of clinical experience.
Christina offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule and comfort. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Parenting issues, Anger management among the things Christina works with, alongside the areas below.
- 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 listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Christina directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Christina directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and attachment work online
Christina often uses Narrative Therapy, which helps people look at the stories they tell about themselves and try out new, more helpful stories. That approach is useful for issues like low self-esteem, identity concerns, and relationship patterns.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, which focuses on how close relationships shape emotions and reactions. This can help people understand patterns in relationships, manage intimacy-related stress, and improve communication.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christina collaborates with each client to select methods that fit their goals and preferences, mixing narrative, attachment-informed listening, and skills-based techniques when helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for full conversations and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text let people check in between meetings or have shorter check-ins, and the mix makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to provide consistent, structured support over time.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Christina help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping issues, ADHD-related struggles, and related concerns like body image and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and supportive. She invites clients to tell their stories, notice patterns, and practice skills between sessions.
What background and experience does she have?
Christina holds a South Carolina LPC credential and has three years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina and provides services from that state.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
How are online sessions delivered?
Christina offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Contacting this therapist
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