About Makayla
Makayla Martin is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LISW-CP) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and low self-esteem. She draws on five years of experience to support those facing depression and life changes. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at making conversations feel manageable and purposeful.
She works with people who are dealing with attachment concerns, difficulty communicating, guilt or shame, and feelings of isolation or loneliness.
Background and approach
Makayla also helps with questions about life purpose, money and workplace stress, and issues common to young adults and veterans. Her sessions aim to untangle immediate worries and build practical coping skills. Makayla uses several evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide progress, choosing what fits each person rather than one fixed method.
She integrates strategies that address trauma, thought patterns, and self-compassion so people can reduce distress and try new ways of responding to problems. Conversations are grounded in clear steps and small, achievable goals. Sessions are offered from Virginia and are conducted in English.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. She participates in the subscription model that can be canceled at any time. People who want to start can click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
The initial steps are kept simple to help someone begin without extra barriers.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Makayla uses practical, evidence-based techniques that fit well into remote sessions. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without being driven by them and commit to actions that reflect their values.She adapts parts of trauma-focused work and compassion-focused methods to online formats, teaching grounding skills and self-kindness practices that can be practiced between sessions. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process; the therapist and client talk through goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try techniques and adjust as needed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for in-depth work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging keeps a thread of progress and reflections. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while still working toward clearer thinking and better coping.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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