- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Attachment-based work
- Mindfulness practices
About Christina
Dr. Christina Collins is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 16 years of practice. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and career concerns. She also supports people dealing with illness, caregiving strain, and compassion fatigue.
Collins helps people notice their inner experience and build a steadier self-relationship. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy as part of her work, alongside attachment-based and client-centered approaches. Sessions often include experiential work and attention to emotions that are hard to name.
Her background includes a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Appalachian State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and English from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She also has additional training in expressive arts therapy, somatic experiencing, and addressing emotional neglect.
In a session, she invites clients to slow down, name feelings, and trace how relationships and early experiences shape current patterns. Conversations may focus on communication problems, boundaries, self-esteem, or processing loss and trauma. Practical steps and emotional awareness are both part of the work.
People looking for help with attachment issues, abandonment concerns, body image, or midlife and career transitions will find a clinician who integrates emotion-focused methods with mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas. To begin, the site matching process guides you to schedule a first session.
How Dr. Collins uses EFT and attachment ideas in online work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and naming core emotions and the patterns they create in relationships. It is often used when people want to understand recurring emotional reactions or felt disconnection in close relationships.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they shape current behavior and expectations. It helps people recognize attachment responses such as fear of abandonment or difficulty asking for support.
Finding the right approach is part of the first steps. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a client’s goals, preferences, and life circumstances rather than prescribing a single path. That collaboration includes discussing whether EFT, attachment work, or client-centered techniques fit best.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which online options are available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a work break, avoiding travel time, or choosing an audio session when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals often adapt exercises and experiential work to the online setting so emotional exploration and relational work remain practical and usable.
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Experience
16+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, career questions, and related concerns.
What therapeutic style does she use?
Her approach combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy, attachment-based work, and client-centered methods with experiential elements and mindfulness practices.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of clinical experience working with adults and people facing medical and caregiving challenges.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, NC LCMHC, practicing in North Carolina.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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