Therapist profile
Christina McGuire, LCSW
Maine
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Relationships and Addiction Support
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Maine / LC11182
- NPI
- 1477872935
- Experience
- 15 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Maine
About
- Client-centered
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness practice
About Christina
Christina McGuire is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Maine with 15 years of clinical experience. She earned a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Southern Maine and brings a background in outdoor education and experiential learning from the University of New Hampshire. Christina has worked in schools, health centers, homes, and outdoor settings and has recent experience supporting people with substance use issues.
Christina describes her approach as laid back, person-centered, strengths based, relational, and goal oriented. She focuses on practical skills people can use when stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or major life changes feel overwhelming. She often draws on real-life experience and reflection rather than abstract talk alone.
Her work includes relationship and family concerns, codependency patterns, attachment issues, and caregiving stress. She also addresses mood and impulse challenges, addictions, ADHD, and women's issues. Christina helps people who are dealing with parenting strains, career stress, or the emotional aftermath of trauma and loss.
Sessions tend to center on clear goals and on building coping strategies that fit daily life. She uses a mix of approaches to match what the person needs in the moment, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotion-focused work, existential reflection, and mindfulness practices.
Clients can expect a practical tone that values real-world learning. Christina aims to help people notice patterns, set manageable steps, and strengthen their ability to handle recurring problems without judgment.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's perspective. The therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client. This approach helps when someone is trying to clarify values, identify what they want from relationships, or rebuild confidence.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete tools to test unhelpful beliefs and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and patterns like people-pleasing that keep repeating.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name emotions in relationships and in themselves. It supports clearer communication and stronger emotional connection, which can be helpful when attachment or codependency patterns cause repeated conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is reviewed.
Confirm the session formats Christina offers before booking, since the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online options can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, avoid travel time, or choose audio-only if video is difficult. These practical benefits help therapy fit into everyday life without changing the clinical work itself.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Maine
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, addictions, codependency, caregiving stress, trauma and grief among other concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is laid back, person-centered, strengths based, relational, and goal oriented. Sessions focus on practical skills and clear goals.
How long has she practiced?
She has 15 years of experience delivering mental health services in schools, health centers, homes, and outdoor settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, ME LCSW, and practices in Maine.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not accepted.
Which session formats does she provide?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific session formats.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.