About Christina
Christina McGuire is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience based in Maine. She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern Maine and brings a calm, person-centered approach to sessions. Christina draws on both traditional clinical settings and outdoor experiential learning in her work.
Her style is laid back and relational, with a focus on strengths and practical goals. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction concerns, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize building coping skills and clearer ways to handle relationship and communication problems. Christina also supports people with issues around attachment, caregiver strain, codependency, and impulsivity. She has recent experience providing services for substance use concerns and incorporates lessons learned from outdoor education and experiential learning.
This background informs how she encourages learning from real-life situations. Practically, Christina uses approaches that include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, emotionally-focused methods, existential reflection, and mindfulness practices. These tools are chosen to match each person's needs and goals.
She aims to make therapy a collaborative process rather than a lecture. Sessions tend to focus on doable skills and clearer decision-making. Christina works with people to set reachable goals and to track progress.
The emphasis is on improving day-to-day coping and on strengthening important relationships.
Approaches and online therapy that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on honoring each person's perspective and building on their strengths. It involves listening, reflecting, and helping people voice what matters most so they can set meaningful goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and to try new behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and name strong emotions and patterns in relationships. It supports clearer emotional communication and stronger bonds in close relationships.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Christina will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. Together they decide which tools to use and adjust them as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when video is difficult, live chat helps with shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and varying routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English
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