Christina McGinn
Empowering change with practical, compassionate care
LPC Wisconsin
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Languages
- English
About Christina
Christina McGinn is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Wisconsin with 15 years of clinical experience. She trained in sociology at the University of Wisconsin Parkside and holds a Master of Science in Education-Counseling from Concordia University Wisconsin.
Background and approach
Over her career she has worked across crisis services, corrections, independent practice, and community settings, bringing that range of experience to clients facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship challenges, depression, grief, and a wide variety of other concerns.
Her therapeutic manner is warm, supportive, and encouraging, and she often draws on Motivational Interviewing to help clients find internal motivation for change. Christina also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address patterns of thinking and emotion regulation, and she incorporates mindfulness and solution-focused techniques when appropriate.
She aims to help people build assertiveness, improve communication, and develop practical coping skills for life transitions and complex co-occurring issues. Christina provides services in English and works with clients across many presenting problems including intimacy, eating and sleeping issues, parenting, career concerns, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
She practices as an LPC in Wisconsin (WI LPC 5558-125) and offers several remote session formats to fit different schedules and preferences.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Work
Christina commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy into her online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to distress, and it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and many day-to-day coping challenges. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which helps people manage intense emotions and improve relationship skills.
She also uses Motivational Interviewing techniques to invite clients' own reasons for change and to strengthen commitment to goals. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process; the therapist will work with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences and may combine elements from several approaches as appropriate.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, fit therapy into daily life, and try different ways of working together while focusing on practical skills and progress.
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Experience
15+ years
Licensed
Wisconsin
Languages
English