Gina Cardines, LPC, LMHC

Gina Cardines is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She speaks plainly and offers an atmosphere of honesty and warm acceptance. She aims to make it easier to talk about difficult topics without judging reactions or language.

Gina draws on seven years as a licensed therapist and more than 20 years working in mental health. She has supported people coping with trauma, substance use, PTSD, and the aftermath of intimate partner violence and human trafficking. Her background includes work with clients who have served in the military.

Her approach starts with a foundation in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, while tailoring each session to the person in front of her. She mixes techniques from client-centered work, narrative and solution-focused methods, and motivational interviewing to meet practical goals. Sessions emphasize clear feedback, small achievable steps, and chances to try different tools.

In sessions Gina listens for patterns coming from family of origin, control issues, codependency, impulse challenges, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. She helps people address grief, parenting challenges, eating concerns, bipolar mood issues, and ADHD-related struggles by breaking problems into workable parts. The focus is on usable strategies that fit day-to-day life.

Gina practices in Texas and holds LPC and LMHC credentials. She offers an open, steady presence and aims to help clients build new habits and clearer communication as they move through change.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the client; it helps people feel heard and clarify their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and provides step-by-step tools to test new ways of coping with anxiety, depression, and stress. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to strengthen a person’s own motivation for change by exploring ambivalence and setting small, realistic steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gina will talk with the client about their goals and preferences and then try approaches that fit those needs. That process is collaborative, with room to adjust methods if something does not feel helpful.

The practical upside of online therapy is fitting sessions into a busy life. Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats were not fully specified in every context. Ask about shorter check-ins by phone, video conversations for face-to-face discussion, or audio-only options if that suits scheduling or bandwidth needs. Online sessions can make it easier to attend regularly and apply tools in day-to-day situations without rearranging as much time.