Dr. Christina Collins, LCMHC

Dr. Christina Collins is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with sixteen years of clinical experience. She practices in North Carolina and supports adults facing concerns like anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship difficulties. Dr. Collins also assists people coping with physical health challenges such as cancer and the adjustments those bring.

Her work is warm and attuned. She helps people notice their inner experience and build a steadier relationship with themselves. Sessions often focus on increasing awareness and finding clearer direction for healing and growth.

Dr. Collins blends approaches that emphasize emotion and attachment. She draws from Emotionally-Focused Therapy, attachment ideas rooted in John Bowlby, and Self Psychology concepts from Heinz Kohut. She also uses experiential methods that may include expressive arts and somatic work.

Her training began with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and English from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and continued with a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Appalachian State University. Her listed credentials include LCMHC, reflecting her North Carolina licensure.

People who come to her often want help with midlife questions, relationship repair, career shifts, or the aftermath of trauma and loss. She frames therapy as a collaborative journey, helping each person find their own compass for decision making and change.

How her emotion-focused and attachment approaches work online

Dr. Collins uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice, name, and work with core feelings in order to change patterns that cause pain. This approach can be useful for relationship concerns, grief, and anxiety where emotions have become stuck.

She also uses an attachment-based lens to look at how early bonds shape current trust and intimacy. That perspective helps people understand patterns in relationships and make different choices about closeness and separation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try methods that fit those needs. Decisions about which tools to use are made together and can shift as progress is made.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time from a routine. Licensed professionals commonly use remote work to maintain continuity during life transitions and to offer consistent support across geographic constraints.