Janet Martinez, LMHC

Janet Martinez is a licensed mental health counselor with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear. Her approach is straightforward and respectful, focused on what a person needs right now.

Janet encourages honest conversation about feelings and patterns that get in the way of daily life. She listens for practical roadblocks and helps people try concrete changes that can ease anxiety, lift mood, or reduce anger. Sessions focus on real moments and simple tools rather than abstract theory.

Her work draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and build different habits. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person’s values and experience. When emotions feel overwhelming, she brings in techniques from dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills.

Janet has supported people through grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and career-related challenges. She also addresses complex concerns such as addiction, bipolar disorder, attachment issues, and chronic health impacts. Her goal is to help people feel more capable of handling life’s demands.

Sessions are available in English and Spanish, and she accepts clients in Florida as well as international clients. Communication options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How Janet uses practical approaches in online therapy

Janet draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice thinking patterns that fuel anxiety or depression and to practice different behaviors that reduce distress. CBT is useful for tackling sleep problems, low mood, worry, and many daily habits.

She also brings client-centered therapy into sessions by keeping the focus on each person’s goals and values. That means conversations are led by what matters to the client while the therapist offers reflection and support. When intense emotions or self-destructive urges emerge, elements of dialectical behavior therapy can teach concrete coping skills and emotion regulation techniques.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Janet will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then tailor techniques to fit the person. This is a collaborative process where methods are adjusted over time based on progress and feedback.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face to face from different locations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.