Christina Phillips, LCMHC

Christina Phillips is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She uses clear, goal-focused methods to help people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood challenges, trauma, and family conflict.

Christina approaches therapy as a collaborative process. She treats each person as the expert on their life and builds on their strengths. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings to feel steadier and more in control.

Her work often combines cognitive behavioral tools with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice small changes, and try short experiments to test what works. Trauma-focused methods are used when past hurts affect daily life.

Christina pays attention to common concerns like panic, social anxiety, feelings of isolation, guilt, shame, and problems with communication or control. She also supports people managing mood disorders, impulsivity, and caregiver stress through structured conversations and clear strategies.

With seven years of experience, Christina aims for straightforward, respectful sessions. She helps people set realistic goals, track progress, and adjust plans when needed. The tone is practical and compassionate, aimed at steady, achievable change.

How Christina’s Approaches Work Online

Christina commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day calm.

She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas when helpful. Motivational interviewing helps people clarify what matters most and find their own reasons to change. Solution-focused techniques create short, manageable goals and small experiments to test what makes life better. Christina will talk with each person and choose methods that match their goals and preferences in a collaborative way.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth work and visual connection. Phone sessions can fit during a work break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or getting support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches described above.