Martha Fenimore, LCSW

Martha Fenimore is a licensed clinical social worker with 39 years of experience. She centers therapy on clear problem-solving and practical thinking, helping people sort out what gets in the way of feeling better. Martha listens closely and offers straightforward, compassionate support.

She uses cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that feed anxiety, low mood, or anger. She also practices client-centered work to follow each person's priorities and build a trusting, nonjudgmental relationship. When deeper patterns from the past affect present life, she draws on psychodynamic ideas to help make those links more understandable.

Martha often brings solution-focused strategies into sessions to set small, achievable goals and track progress. She also uses Internal Family Systems ideas to help people understand different parts of themselves and how those parts interact. These approaches are blended to match what each person needs and wants to accomplish.

Her background includes long-term work with concerns such as stress, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting and postpartum challenges, mood disorders, ADHD, and multicultural matters. She has helped people managing career transitions, compassion fatigue, and struggles around identity and intimacy.

Martha works from Florida and conducts sessions in English. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to available times.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and trouble managing moods because it breaks problems into clear steps people can try between sessions.

Client-centered therapy centers on listening and following the client's pace and priorities. It helps people feel heard and build trust, which can make it easier to address sensitive topics like identity, grief, or relationship stress. Psychodynamic work looks at how past patterns influence current feelings and choices, which can clarify recurring problems and inform longer term change.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs, then try methods that fit. That may mean combining CBT exercises with empathic listening or occasional deeper reflection to match what is helpful in practice.

Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video is good for full sessions with face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not desired. Live chat or text can serve for brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing support between longer meetings. These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication styles.