Sarah Martinez, LMHC
Florida · 12 years in practice
Sarah Martinez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who uses an existential outlook alongside client-centered care to help people facing hard life questions.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH13904 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1194084590 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Sarah
Sarah Martinez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who uses an existential outlook alongside client-centered care to help people facing hard life questions. She brings 12 years of experience and a straightforward, down-to-earth style. Sessions focus on what matters most to each person and on practical steps that fit daily life.
She has worked in multiple settings, including inpatient care, psychosocial rehabilitation, substance abuse treatment programs, correctional facilities, and independent practice.
Background and approach
That background shaped a calm, practical approach to trauma, addiction, mood challenges, and relationship strain. Her work often centers on helping people rebuild confidence and steady routines after disruption. In sessions she combines existential perspectives with cognitive-behavioral and emotion-focused techniques to address thoughts, feelings, and relational patterns.
She also uses strategies from dialectical behavior work to support emotional regulation and coping skills. The result is a mix of reflective discussion and concrete skill-building. Sarah pays attention to how attachment, abandonment, blended family dynamics, and caregiving stress affect daily life.
She supports people dealing with grief, parenting pressures, workplace strain, and addiction recovery by helping them set small, doable goals. Her style is direct but compassionate. She emphasizes collaboration and tailors plans to each person’s needs.
Sessions aim to make thinking clearer, reduce overwhelming emotions, and create manageable steps forward. Sarah offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and ongoing text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. She accepts people internationally and works in English.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sarah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sarah names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Bringing existential and skills-based work online
Sarah combines Existential Therapy with Client-Centered approaches and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people facing life decisions, anxiety, and persistent patterns. Existential work looks at meaning, choices, and values to help someone clarify what matters to them. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person's experience and uses empathic listening to shape the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on practical steps to change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors and is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping skills.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which mix of reflection, skills practice, and emotion-focused work fits the situation and can be adapted over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit day-to-day life. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule appointments, maintain momentum, and use approaches that work with a person's routine.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, parenting strain, and self-esteem issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She blends an existential outlook with client-centered care, adding cognitive-behavioral and emotion-focused techniques to build skills and understanding.
How many years of experience does she have?
She has been practicing for 12 years across inpatient settings, rehabilitation, substance abuse programs, correctional facilities, and independent practice.
What credential and location are on file?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida and practices with that credential.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or via text-based messaging to match different needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist factors; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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