Austria Martinez

Austria Martinez is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 13 years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career concerns, and coping with life changes. She speaks English and Spanish.

Martinez uses a mix of practical methods to help people untangle what feels stuck. She leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns. She also draws on Client-Centered and Attachment-Based ideas to help clients talk through relationship and trust issues.

Sessions focus on concrete skills and real-life situations. People learn ways to manage strong emotions, improve communication, and address control issues or problems tied to abandonment and attachment. Work-related stress, money worries, and midlife concerns are also common topics she addresses.

Her approach includes elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion regulation and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for clarifying values and next steps. These methods are used in flexible combinations based on what each person brings to a session. She pays attention to cultural background and immigration-related stress when relevant.

Martinez aims to create a direct, nonjudgmental atmosphere where thoughts and feelings can be named and tested. The focus is on small, practical steps people can try between sessions. People curious about life purpose or facing a midlife crossroads can explore values and options together.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Austria Martinez draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, often using homework and practical experiments between meetings. She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas to focus on relationship patterns, communication, and the ways early bonds affect current trust and connection. These approaches can help with anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, and questions about life purpose.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Martinez treats approach selection as collaborative. She will discuss options, try approaches that fit the person’s goals, and adjust as needed based on what helps most in practice.

Confirm which session formats she currently offers before booking, since formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into busy days, shorten check-ins when time is limited, or avoid travel. They can also allow the use of digital worksheets, in-session role plays over video, and step-by-step skill practice between sessions to support progress while fitting therapy into everyday life.