Gino Rubens, LPC, LMHC

Gino Rubens is a licensed professional counselor who brings three years of clinical experience to his work. He is licensed as an LPC and as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC. He practices in South Carolina and offers therapy in English.

Gino focuses on relationship concerns alongside stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression. He has helped people who struggle with mood disorders, PTSD symptoms, and addiction-related issues in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He aims to help people reconnect with themselves and their support networks so they can feel pleasure and purpose again.

In sessions he uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and trauma-focused methods. He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful patterns and make values-based choices. Gino emphasizes plain talk and honest conversation, and he works with each person to build realistic steps forward.

Gino says treatment is collaborative. He listens for what matters to each person and then crafts straightforward plans. He shares psychoeducation and coping skills, and he supports people through hard conversations with empathy and calm.

People who want to address communication problems, grief, chronic illness, impulsivity, or life purpose often find his approach practical. He also works with concerns such as body image, abandonment, guilt and shame, and issues that come up during divorce and separation.

How his therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Gino uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is practical and often focuses on short-term changes in thinking and action that reduce anxiety and improve mood.

He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. Mindfulness techniques are used to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity in stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and he treats it as a collaboration. He will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then recommend methods to try. Plans can be adjusted as conversations reveal what helps most.

The practice's session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Many people choose online work because it can fit into a busy day, let them check in without travel, or make it easier to use shorter sessions when that suits a schedule. Licensed professionals often adapt exercises and homework so therapy can be practical and usable between meetings.