About Gina
Gina Cardines helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life changes. She is Gina Cardines, an LPC and LMHC with seven years as a licensed therapist and a long history in mental health work. Her style is straightforward and calm, and she focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
In sessions she listens without judgment and aims to make clients feel heard. She draws on tried approaches and tailors them to each person’s needs.
How Gina works
That means conversations about what’s going on now, learning new skills, and trying small experiments between sessions. Gina uses methods from client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy along with motivational interviewing and narrative and solution-focused approaches. She adapts these methods to address things like trauma, addiction, grief, parenting stress, attention challenges, and relationship difficulties.
She also helps with hard-to-name feelings such as emptiness, guilt, or shame. Her background includes work with survivors of serious trauma and people facing substance use and first responder stress. Gina has licensure as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida and as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas.
She sees people who live in Texas and offers online session options that fit different schedules. Clients can expect clear goals, practical tools, and steady support as they work toward change. Gina aims to help people build skills they can use outside of sessions and to make progress at a pace that feels right for them.
Gina lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Gina works with
The areas below are the ones Gina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Gina’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Gina often combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and helping people identify what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and change unhelpful habits.She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change and to build small, achievable steps. That approach is helpful when someone is unsure about change or struggling with habits like substance use. Together these methods can address trauma-related symptoms, stress, relationship tensions, and difficulties with mood or attention.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Gina will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences and will adjust methods over time. Sessions include collaborative goal-setting, short skill-building exercises, and plans for what to try between sessions so progress can be measured.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quicker updates, or if someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to get consistent support while balancing work, family, or other commitments.
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