- Sleep-focused support
- Practical coping skills
- Collaborative sessions
About Christina
Christina Cartagena is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people find steadier sleep and better day-to-day functioning. She works with adults who are coping with anxiety, depression, stress, relationship strain, and sleep difficulties. Christina writes in plain terms and aims to make therapy feel manageable for someone juggling work and family demands.
Christina uses straightforward, collaborative sessions to identify patterns that interfere with rest and well-being. She draws from approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment-based work, and emotion-focused methods to help people notice thoughts and habits that keep them stuck. Sessions include practical strategies for sleep, tools to calm anxiety, and skills for handling intense emotions.
Her practice emphasizes building self-awareness and small, realistic changes. Christina often helps clients create routines that support better sleep and stronger emotional regulation. She also addresses related concerns like low self-esteem, grief, or difficulties with intimacy and appetite that can affect rest.
Christina holds an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and she is based in South Carolina. She has three years of clinical experience working with people on mood disorders, panic attacks, trauma-related concerns, and caregiver stress. Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
People who choose Christina can expect clear goals, concrete skill-building, and attention to daily habits that influence sleep and mental health. She helps clients plan steps they can try between sessions and revisits what works to refine the approach over time.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape how people seek comfort and connect. It helps when trust, closeness, or fears about rejection affect sleep and relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. It offers step-by-step techniques for changing unhelpful sleep habits, reducing panic, and easing anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on identifying and expressing key emotions that drive patterns in relationships and self-view, which can improve intimacy and decrease nighttime rumination.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay practical and personalized.
Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow for steadier check-ins when juggling work or caregiving. Many people find that doing skill practice and brief homework between sessions helps transfer gains into everyday routines and sleep habits.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Credentials
South Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Christina address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, parenting strain, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and related mood and panic concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is compassionate and collaborative, focusing on clear goals and practical skills. Sessions often combine talking with concrete techniques for emotion regulation and sleep.
What kind of experience does she have?
Christina has three years of clinical experience working with mood disorders, panic attacks, attachment challenges, caregiver stress, and related concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds an SC LPC, which means Licensed Professional Counselor in South Carolina, and practices in that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.