Austria Martinez, LMHC

Austria Martinez is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings 13 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, career strain, and major life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make the first step easier for people seeking change.

Her sessions are built around an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. Client-centered principles guide her listening and respect for each person's pace and voice.

Austria adapts her approach to each person's needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when helpful. Mindfulness strategies are also used to support emotional regulation and present-moment awareness.

She has worked with people dealing with relationship communication and attachment issues, abandonment and separation concerns, caregiver stress, immigration-related strain, and midlife transitions. Austria also helps with forgiveness, guilt and shame, money worries, and finding life purpose when routines or roles shift.

Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on clear goals, small steps, and skills people can use between meetings. People can expect straightforward conversation aimed at clearer choices and calmer daily functioning.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts without getting pushed around by them and focus on values-based action. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, life purpose questions, and midlife decision points. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions; it can help with communication problems, abandonment concerns, and attachment issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical steps to identify and change thought and behavior patterns, which is helpful for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the process, not a one-time choice. The therapist will work together with each person to pick and adjust techniques that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning makes it easier to try tools and notice what helps.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are set by the therapist and can change. Online therapy can make it simpler to fit care into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing sessions during work breaks or from a quieter space. It also lets people use exercises, worksheets, and mindfulness practices between meetings so skills build steadily over time. Many clients find this flexibility helpful when managing ongoing stress, midlife transitions, or career-related strain.