Christina McGuire, LCSW
Maine · 15 years in practice
Christina McGuire is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience offering mental health support in Maine.
License and registration
- LCSW, Maine
- LC11182 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1477872935 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Christina
Christina McGuire is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience offering mental health support in Maine. She draws on a background in outdoor education and experiential learning alongside traditional clinical work. Christina helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, substance use concerns, and life transitions.
She keeps a calm, person-centered approach in sessions. Christina attended the University of Southern Maine for a Master’s in Social Work and previously studied outdoor education and experiential learning at the University of New Hampshire.
Background and approach
That blend of classroom and field experience shapes her practical style. She often encourages learning from experience and uses activities or reflections when they help people gain insight. Her style is laid back, strengths-based, relational, and goal oriented.
Sessions focus on building skills people can use between meetings. Christina draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to understand patterns in close relationships and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses client-centered and mindfulness approaches to help people feel heard and to develop present-moment coping tools.
Christina supports those managing grief, trauma, mood and personality concerns, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, parenting stress, and other life challenges. Her work includes attention to attachment, codependency, communication problems, and caregiver stress. Christina offers practical steps and steady guidance while people make changes.
She emphasizes collaboration and helps set clear goals so progress is easier to notice. The aim is to make coping skills feel useful in everyday life, not just in the therapy room.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Christina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Christina draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at patterns in close relationships and the emotions that drive them. That work helps people notice recurring interaction cycles and practice new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions focused on the person's experience, offering an accepting, nonjudgmental space to talk through problems and make sense of feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot and change thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, low mood, or impulsive actions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christina will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. She collaborates to try methods that fit the person's life and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online formats she uses include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth sessions where visual cues help the process. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging make it easier to fit quick updates into a busy day or to keep momentum between meetings. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit into real life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Christina help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, substance use concerns, grief, trauma, parenting stress, mood disorders, ADHD, and related life challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is laid back, person-centered, strengths-based, relational, and goal oriented. She focuses on building skills people can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Christina has 15 years of clinical experience and a background in outdoor education and experiential learning, which she combines with traditional therapy methods.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, listed as ME LCSW, and practices in the state of Maine.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Christina offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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