Trina McDonald, LPC, LCPC

North Carolina · 10 years in practice

License and registration

LCMHC, North Carolina: 14047 · expires June 2026
LPC, New Jersey: 37PC00805100 · expires November 2026
LPC, Alaska: 183838 · expires October 2027
LMHC, Washington: LH61094664 · expires January 2027
LMHC, Florida: MH23248 · expires March 2027
LPC, Arizona: LPC-22926 · expires February 2028
LCPC, Nevada: CP5728-R · expires January 2028
LPC, Oregon: C8541 · expires January 2027
NPI: 1578991246 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Trina

Trina McDonald is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with ten years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and depression. She practices in North Carolina and brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. Trina emphasizes a strengths-based, client-centered approach that centers the person's goals and values.

Her work often blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered methods to address behavior patterns and the thoughts that drive them.

Background and approach

She also uses motivational interviewing techniques to build readiness for change and narrative ideas to help people reframe painful experiences. This combination is aimed at improving mood, relationships, and day-to-day functioning. Trina has experience supporting people managing trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, anger, bipolar symptoms, and life transitions.

She also focuses on caregiver stress, communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, women's issues, and issues related to HIV and AIDS. Sessions include practical tools and straightforward conversation about next steps. Her faith plays a personal role in how she approaches some clients, drawing on spiritual themes like faith, hope, and love when that fits a person's values.

Trina aims to help people strengthen confidence, self-worth, and recovery efforts while improving social and emotional health. People who prefer clear, goal-focused work with room for personal values may find her style helpful. She offers video, phone, chat, and text-based session formats to fit different needs.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Trina names

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Online support

Approaches to change and how they work online

Trina blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people make practical changes. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and values, offering a respectful, listening-based space to talk through problems and identify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches straightforward skills to shift unhelpful patterns and improve mood and behavior.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss current needs, goals, and preferences and try methods that fit those priorities. That means Trina will adjust techniques over time and involve the person in decisions about what to try and when.

Online therapy makes these approaches easier to access. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people keep momentum between sessions, jot down thoughts, or get brief support when schedules are tight. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit around life and still focus on practical progress.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Trina commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, trauma, and relationship or intimacy-related issues among other concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Trina uses a client-centered, strengths-based approach combined with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and motivational interviewing to set goals and change unhelpful patterns.

What is her background and experience?

She has ten years of experience working in varied settings, including independent practice, and with people facing mental health and substance use challenges.

Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?

She practices in North Carolina and holds LPC and LCPC credentials, listed as AZ LPC and NV LCPC.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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