About Vanessa
Vanessa Martinez is a licensed professional counselor in Colorado. She uses straightforward, compassionate care to help people face stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and depression. Vanessa keeps sessions practical and focused on what matters most to each person.
She blends several approaches to fit the situation. Vanessa uses cognitive behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also draws on acceptance and commitment work to help people notice their values and move toward them, even when emotions are hard.
How Vanessa works
Mindfulness skills and client-centered listening are part of her style. She teaches simple mindfulness tools for grounding and offers a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk things through. Skills from dialectical behavior therapy are used when clients need emotion regulation and coping tools.
Vanessa has three years of clinical experience. During that time she has supported people managing grief, trauma, postpartum challenges, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with practical life issues like career decisions, communication problems, and divorce and separation.
Her work focuses on setting small, manageable goals and practicing new ways of responding. Vanessa tailors each plan to a person’s goals and pace. She emphasizes collaboration and clear steps so progress is visible and usable outside sessions.
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What Vanessa works with
The areas below are the ones Vanessa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts without getting ruled by them, then take steps that match their values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving. It often helps with anxiety, mood concerns, and obsessive or compulsive patterns.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and recommend which methods to try first. Together you can adjust the plan as you learn what works, mixing skills from different approaches when that fits the problem and your comfort level.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets you work more closely with visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs, and messaging or live chat can fit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options help fit therapy into work, family, and busy days while letting licensed professionals guide skill practice and goal setting.
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