Austria Martinez, LMHC

Austria Martinez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York with more than 13 years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career challenges, and major life changes. She offers compassionate, culturally responsive support and works with clients across a range of concerns including abandonment and attachment issues, caregiver stress, communication and control difficulties, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, immigration-related stress, loneliness, questions about life purpose, midlife transitions, money worries, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress.

Martinez uses an integrative, trauma-informed approach tailored to each person’s needs, drawing primarily from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Client-Centered Therapy while also incorporating attachment-based perspectives and mindfulness strategies. CBT helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, while a client-centered stance emphasizes empathy, respect, and a nonjudgmental space for self-exploration and growth. Attachment-focused work supports healing around relational patterns and abandonment concerns.

She creates an open environment where feelings and thoughts can be explored without judgment and partners collaboratively with clients to set goals and develop practical coping skills. Fluent in English and Spanish, Martinez aims to empower clients to pursue a more fulfilling, balanced life. As an LMHC - a licensed mental health counselor - she draws on clinical training and years of practice to support each person’s unique journey.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Austria Martinez integrates evidence-based methods to help clients address a wide range of concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress and to build practical coping skills. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaborative goal-setting so clients can explore values, strengthen self-worth, and move toward meaningful change at their own pace. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relational patterns and early attachment experiences to help people understand and heal difficulties with trust, abandonment, and relationship dynamics.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Martinez works collaboratively with each client to assess needs, preferences, and goals and to tailor interventions that fit their situation. She adjusts methods over time so therapy remains responsive and effective for the individual.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to schedule appointments around work, caregiving, or travel. These options help clients access licensed professionals from home or elsewhere, maintain continuity of care during life transitions, and practice skills between sessions to support ongoing progress.