About Yovanna
Prof. Yovanna Martinez helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. She speaks English and Spanish and offers straightforward support for common struggles like depression, grief, addiction, and anger.
She uses a calm, respectful approach to guide each person toward clearer next steps. She draws on 25 years of clinical experience and holds LMHC, MD, and LCPC credentials. She listens first to understand what matters most to the individual.
Background and approach
Then she tailors conversations and practical steps to fit those goals. Sessions often focus on tools that can be used between meetings. This can include skill-building for managing strong emotions, strategies to improve sleep, and ways to cope with life changes.
She also addresses relationship concerns, parenting stress, and work-related pressure in plain language. Her style blends client-centered listening with structured techniques from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. She may also use motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods to help people find motivation and small, achievable changes.
People who choose her can expect a steady, compassionate guide who helps set realistic goals. She supports clients through grief, trauma and recovery from substance issues with an emphasis on practical progress. Her bilingual ability makes services accessible to English and Spanish speakers in Florida and beyond.
Approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s needs and goals. The therapist listens carefully and mirrors concerns so the client feels understood and can set clear objectives. This approach helps with anxiety, grief, and feeling stuck.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, sleep issues, depression, and coping with life changes because it breaks problems into concrete steps and exercises.
Mindfulness therapy introduces simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. It can help with stress, anger, and concentration by training awareness of the present moment.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they try methods and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful to the client.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video and phone are well suited for in-depth conversations. Live chat and text can work for brief check-ins, coaching, or when someone needs flexible, on-the-go contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue care across locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Maryland
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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