Austria Martinez , LMHC

Austria Martinez is a licensed mental health counselor with 13 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career struggles, and major life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and practices from New York.

Martinez uses a flexible, person-centered style that adapts to each person's needs. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness techniques to build practical coping skills.

In sessions she emphasizes a calm, nonjudgmental tone where people can talk through difficult feelings. She helps clients address attachment concerns, grief, isolation, and emotional regulation challenges. Practical tools and short-term strategies are offered alongside longer-term work on meaningful life goals.

Her background includes supporting people through career transitions, caregiver stress, immigration-related challenges, and relationship pattern issues such as communication and boundaries. She is experienced with mood concerns including depression and post-traumatic stress.

Austria aims to empower clients to make changes that fit their values and day-to-day life. She works collaboratively to set goals and tracks progress in clear, concrete steps. People who want a straightforward, bilingual approach often find her style accessible.

Online approaches that meet you where you are

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take meaningful actions even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. It is useful for life transitions, anxiety, and when someone wants to focus on what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep stress and low mood in place. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping with day-to-day challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more secure ways of relating and communicating, which can ease loneliness and improve boundaries.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they adapt tools from different therapies so the plan fits the client's life and values rather than following a fixed method.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break during a busy day. Live chat or text sessions can work for quick check-ins, written reflection, or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.