About Vanessa
Vanessa Martinez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado. She uses straightforward, empathetic care to help people manage stress and anxiety. Her style is warm and respectful and aimed at practical change.
Vanessa draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. She also uses acceptance-based and mindfulness techniques to help people live by their values even when feelings are intense. Sessions focus on small, doable steps that fit a person’s life.
Background and approach
She has three years of professional experience working with concerns such as parenting strain, low self-esteem, depression, mood swings, and grief. Vanessa also supports people facing trauma and abuse, obsessive or compulsive patterns, postpartum struggles, and career or life-purpose questions. Her work includes attention to caregiver stress, body image, and relationship communication.
Vanessa adapts conversation and plans to each person’s needs. That might mean short skill-building exercises, problem-solving around a specific situation, or practicing new ways of coping between sessions. She emphasizes collaboration and respect while people try different approaches.
People come for help with anxiety, major life changes, or recurring emotional patterns. Vanessa aims to help clients build tools they can use after therapy ends. She encourages honest talk about goals and practical steps toward them.
How her therapy methods work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then make choices that reflect their values. It is useful for anxiety, life changes, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and testing thoughts that keep problems going and trying new behaviors to see what changes. CBT works well for anxiety, depression, and obsessive patterns. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own experience and uses empathic listening to help people clarify goals and feel understood.Finding the right approach happens together. The therapist will talk about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust based on what helps most. This is a collaborative process and the plan can change as needs and preferences become clearer.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are good for face-to-face interaction and practicing skills. Phone sessions can work when less bandwidth is needed or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support, or when flexible timing is required. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy days while still using ACT, CBT, and client-centered tools.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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