About Martrell
Martrell Kelly John is a licensed social worker who brings practical support to people facing stressful life events. She holds LISW-CP and LCSW-C credentials and has seven years of professional experience working in mental health and hospice-adjacent settings. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress while coping with life changes.
Her work often centers on everyday struggles like grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, anger, and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with trauma, compassion fatigue, career stress, and the unique pressures that come with end-of-life situations. Sessions aim to identify concrete steps people can use right away. Martrell uses a flexible, holistic approach tailored to each person.
She listens for strengths and patterns, then helps people learn coping skills and new ways to respond. The pace and techniques change to fit what's most useful for each client. Her background includes direct experience in hospice care, bereavement support, foster care and adoption contexts, and educational settings.
That range informs how she talks through loss, role changes, and caregiving stress. People who connect with Martrell can expect straightforward conversation and practical tools. She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Martrell draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and learn new skills. She often focuses on approaches that teach coping strategies for anxiety and stress, helping people break problems into manageable steps and practice new responses. These techniques are useful for grief, trauma reactions, and adjusting to major life changes.She also uses skills-based work to address relationship concerns, anger, and compassion fatigue. That work centers on practical tools such as emotion regulation, grounding exercises, and structured problem-solving to improve daily functioning and reduce distress.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients are invited to give feedback so the work stays focused and relevant.
Online therapy is offered by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep regular contact and maintain progress even when life is busy.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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