Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Christina works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Maine
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Christina
Christina McGuire is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience based in Maine. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern Maine and has a background in outdoor education and experiential learning from the University of New Hampshire.
Christina has spent years supporting people in schools, health centers, and home settings, and in recent years she added work with substance use concerns to her practice.
Background and approach
She keeps a relaxed, person-centered style in sessions. Christina focuses on strengths and practical skills. She helps people set clear goals and works alongside them to reach those goals.
Christina often helps people who are juggling stress, anxiety, depression, anger, or life transitions. She also supports people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, addiction, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and identity issues related to LGBT experiences. Her additional focuses include attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, caregiver stress, and self-love.
Her approach blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral techniques and Emotionally-Focused ideas, along with mindfulness and existential perspectives. In sessions she draws on experiential learning to help people connect insights to everyday life. People who prefer a down-to-earth, relational therapist tend to fit well with her style.
She aims to make sessions practical and readable, helping clients build coping skills they can use between meetings.
What Christina works with
Everything Christina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Christina's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christina lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Christina often integrates Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist listens closely and follows the person’s lead, helping them find their own solutions and build on personal strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on practical tools to notice patterns in thinking and behavior, then test and change those patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety or anger.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christina will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and make adjustments over time based on what feels most useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people work face to face when schedules allow. Phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can fit short check-ins or days when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines.
Questions people ask about Christina
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, grief, trauma and substance use concerns among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is laid back and person-centered, focusing on strengths, building skills, and setting clear goals together.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 15 years of clinical experience to her work, with a mix of traditional and outdoor experiential settings in her background.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in the state of Maine.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.