Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
How Sarah works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sarah
Sarah Martinez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, addiction, and other life challenges. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, focused on helping people feel safer and more steady in daily life.
She has worked in a variety of settings, including inpatient care, psychosocial rehabilitation, substance abuse treatment, independent practice, and correctional facilities. That range gives her familiarity with different stressors and ways people cope.
Background and approach
She draws on several approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs. In sessions she mixes client-centered listening with skills-based techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Those methods help with thinking patterns, emotion regulation, and coping when feelings run high.
She also uses emotion-focused ideas to repair hurt in relationships and attend to attachment wounds. Sarah often works with people who have experienced trauma and offers practical strategies to reduce its hold on daily life. She treats anger as a signal to understand and manage, not simply as a problem to be silenced.
She also supports people with grief, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and career or identity shifts. Her style is straightforward and respectful. Treatment plans are built together and adjusted over time.
People who prefer clear tools, steady support, and a collaborative approach may find her practical way of working helpful.
What Sarah works with
Everything Sarah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sarah's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sarah lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Using practical therapy approaches online
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building a respectful relationship. The therapist follows your pace and priorities, helping you name what matters and decide next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through straightforward exercises and practice; it often helps with anxiety, anger, and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with you to identify which methods fit your goals and preferences. That might mean starting with skills from CBT or DBT, then using client-centered or emotion-focused work to address deeper relationship or trauma concerns. The plan is adjusted as you progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Sarah
What concerns does Sarah commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, addictions, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, and related problems like parenting, self-esteem, and career changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She blends client-centered listening with practical skill building from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help manage emotions and change unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has 12 years of experience working in inpatient settings, psychosocial rehabilitation, substance abuse treatment, independent practice, and correctional facilities.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, and practices from Florida.
Which languages and international arrangements are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.