About Patrick
Patrick Martinez is a licensed professional counselor in Colorado with 12 years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and navigate major life changes. He aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where clients can speak openly and be heard.
Patrick uses straightforward conversation and practical steps to address concerns like trauma, low self-esteem, motivation, and confidence. Sessions are shaped around each person’s goals so the work fits their life and circumstances.
Background and approach
He adjusts pace and focus based on what is most useful in the moment. Early sessions often include identifying current struggles and simple strategies to reduce immediate distress. Over time the work can shift to building skills for better coping, improving communication, or addressing long-standing patterns.
He mixes talk with concrete exercises so clients leave sessions with something to try. Patrick draws on several evidence-based approaches to guide this work, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices. He explains tools in plain language and encourages clients to pick what feels right for them.
Progress is tracked with regular check-ins and small goal-setting. People who want practical, down-to-earth support for anxiety, relationships, grief, addictions, or career and parenting stress may find his style helpful. He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and collaboration while helping people move toward a more satisfying life.
How therapeutic approaches fit online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and responding to each person's concerns. In practice this means sessions focus on the client's priorities and the therapist mirrors and clarifies what matters most, helping build trust and clearer goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and problem-solving by offering step-by-step strategies to change patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps the client meet their goals. The process is collaborative, with regular check-ins to decide which tools to keep using and which to change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation useful for skill teaching and longer sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, quick coaching, or ongoing moments of reflection between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily life while using the chosen therapeutic approaches.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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