About William
William Martinez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and addiction. He speaks English and Spanish and offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. William aims to make therapy practical and approachable for people who feel overwhelmed or stuck.
He focuses on clear communication and concrete tools. In sessions he helps clients name feelings, spot unhelpful patterns, and try small changes that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
He draws on methods that target thinking, behavior, and relationship patterns to reduce distress and improve connection. William often works with parents, individuals, and partners who are dealing with transitions, parenting challenges, or intense emotions. He also supports people who are coping with trauma, mood disorders, ADHD, and substance concerns.
He pays attention to attachment and to how early relationships shape current behavior. His approach balances skill-building and conversation. Sometimes he teaches coping skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.
Other times he uses attachment-focused listening or the Gottman Method for relationship work. Motivational interviewing helps when someone wants change but feels unsure how to begin. Clients can expect straightforward, calm sessions that focus on what matters right now.
William blends clinical approaches with years of real-world youth and family work to keep therapy grounded and practical. He helps people set realistic goals and take steady steps toward them.
How attachment work and skills translate to online care
William uses cognitive behavioral strategies to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety and depression, then practices new responses to those patterns. CBT is helpful for day-to-day stress, sleep problems, and mood concerns.He also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. DBT techniques are useful when emotions feel intense or when communication keeps getting derailed.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients and therapist decide together which tools to use and when to shift focus.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face work on communication and body language. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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