About Nereida
Nereida Martinez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She brings 17 years of clinical experience and many more years working across the mental health field. She speaks English and Spanish, and she will work with you to set goals that feel realistic and useful.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. Sessions start by listening to what matters most to you.
Background and approach
She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and client-centered methods to help change unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. Martinez draws on experience from community clinics, nonprofit work, the criminal justice system, and independent practice. That background informs how she thinks about social, cultural, and spiritual concerns.
She has supported individuals dealing with depression, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, parenting stress, grief, and ADHD-related challenges. In a typical session she will guide conversation, ask focused questions, and suggest small experiments or exercises to try between visits. Sessions can target sleep troubles, anger, low self-esteem, or the stress of life transitions.
Plans are adjusted to fit each person's needs and pace. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for you.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. In online sessions this means the therapist will prioritize your goals, reflect your concerns, and shape the work around what matters most to you. It helps when people need a supportive space to talk through decisions or family stress.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. Online CBT often includes short homework tasks, thought records, and behavior experiments that can be discussed over video or messaging and adjusted week to week.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to test methods and adapt them based on needs, goals, and preferences. Clients help choose whether to focus on skills training, meaning and values, or thought-change techniques.
Online sessions offer real flexibility. Video calls recreate face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging lets people pace their communication. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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