Gina Cardines , LPC, LMHC

Gina Cardines is a licensed counselor who brings more than 20 years of experience in the mental health field and seven years practicing as a licensed therapist. She holds a Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential in Florida (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Texas (LPC), with both credentials meaning she meets state requirements to provide clinical counseling and psychotherapy.

Gina has worked extensively with individuals facing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, substance use concerns, PTSD, and a wide range of trauma including intimate partner violence and human trafficking. Her practice also addresses relationship and family issues, grief, eating concerns, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Additional areas of focus include abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, codependency, communication difficulties, control issues, first responder concerns, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation, and other co-occurring problems.

Although she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a foundational approach, Gina adapts each session to the client and draws from multiple modalities to meet individual needs. Clients can expect honest feedback and unconditional positive regard in a nonjudgmental space where emotional expression is welcomed. She offers services in both Florida and Texas and is available for video, phone, and chat sessions. Gina works collaboratively with clients to support meaningful, lasting change and to accompany them through their therapeutic journey.

Approaches and Online Care for Lasting Change

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client's own experience, with the therapist offering empathy and unconditional positive regard to help people explore feelings and build self-awareness. This approach can be helpful for issues like low self-esteem, relationship concerns, and grief.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, and coping with life changes by teaching practical skills for everyday situations.

Motivational Interviewing supports people who are ambivalent about change by exploring values and strengthening motivation. It is often used alongside other methods for concerns such as substance use, impulse control, and behavior change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Gina works collaboratively with each person to choose and adapt methods based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, allow continuity of care across locations where permitted, and provide multiple ways for clients to communicate with their therapist in the format that feels most comfortable.