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Christina Cartagena, LPC

  • Experience3 years
  • LocationSouth Carolina
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Parenting, and Anger
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Christina

Christina Cartagena is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in South Carolina who focuses on helping people navigate anxiety, depression, stress, and difficulties with self-esteem.

Background and approach

With an emphasis on emotional understanding and practical coping skills, she supports clients facing relationship strains, family conflict, grief, trauma, and challenges such as panic attacks, sleep or eating concerns, and ADHD-related struggles. Her work also addresses issues tied to attachment, body image, caregiver stress, and feelings of isolation.

Christina uses a collaborative, client-centered stance that aims to deepen self-awareness and strengthen resilience through evidence-informed techniques. She blends approaches like Internal Family Systems, attachment-based methods, CBT, and DBT skills to tailor care to each person’s needs, emphasizing both insight and actionable strategies.

Christina brings three years of professional experience to her practice and seeks to offer a compassionate space where clients can process difficult experiences, improve communication, and work toward more satisfying relationships and daily functioning.

Integrating Approaches Online for Personalized Support

Christina draws on Internal Family Systems to help clients untangle conflicting parts of themselves, encouraging self-compassion and clearer internal communication to address issues like anxiety, trauma responses, and patterns in relationships. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore how early relationships shape current emotional needs and ways of connecting, which can be useful for people struggling with trust, intimacy, or family dynamics. She also uses Client-Centered techniques that prioritize empathic listening and collaboration to create a respectful space where the client’s goals guide the work.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Christina works together with each client to determine what methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process may involve trying different techniques and adjusting the focus as progress and challenges emerge.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, or other responsibilities, and they support ongoing skill-building between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Christina commonly address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, grief, intimacy-related issues, and ADHD-related difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is compassionate and collaborative, combining client-centered listening with evidence-informed techniques to support insight and build coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Christina has three years of professional experience providing mental health support in clinical settings.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is a licensed professional counselor with the designation SC LPC 8591 and practices in South Carolina.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time and provides services to clients within the stated practice region.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions may be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How are fees and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in beginning therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsControl issuesDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

3+ years

Licensed

South Carolina

Languages

English