Christina McGinn, LPC

Christina McGinn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on empowering people to build assertiveness and to face challenges with greater confidence, drawing on a broad background across crisis services, corrections, private practice, and community-based settings.

She earned a Bachelor of Sociology from the University of Wisconsin Parkside and a Master of Science in Education-Counseling from Concordia University Wisconsin. In addition to her graduate training, she holds certification in Functional Family Therapy (FFT), a model that supports healthy family interactions and behavior change.

Christina provides therapy in individual, group, couples, and family formats. Her counseling style emphasizes Motivational Interviewing techniques to evoke change talk and increase motivation for growth. She combines a comforting, supportive, and encouraging manner with practical strategies to help clients make meaningful shifts.

She also has experience using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and maintains a particular interest in forgiveness work, fostering healthy relationships, and addressing co-occurring disorders. Christina looks forward to partnering with people who are ready to make changes and pursue their goals.

Integrating DBT, Motivational Interviewing, and Mindfulness Online

Christina McGinn draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help clients learn practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress. DBT is often used when emotional regulation and relationship patterns are central concerns.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing, a collaborative conversational approach that helps people clarify their goals and strengthen internal motivation for change. This method is useful for addressing ambivalence and supporting commitment to steps that matter to the individual.

Mindfulness Therapy is incorporated to increase present-moment awareness and to reduce reactivity, which can support coping with stress and improve emotional balance.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Christina works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for scheduling and access. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to fit sessions into busy lives while working with licensed professionals and therapists who tailor the work to each individual.