- CBT focused
- Trauma aware
- English and Spanish
About Austria
Austria Martinez is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 13 years of clinical experience. She offers a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about strong emotions and difficult life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to support clients through practical steps toward clearer thinking and greater emotional balance.
Her work blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy, and trauma-aware practices. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try different ways of responding. Sessions often include mindfulness skills and strategies for managing stress and overwhelming feelings.
Austria has supported people coping with anxiety, mood concerns, grief, and the fallout of trauma and abuse. She also addresses real-life pressures like career strain, midlife shifts, and money and financial issues. Her approach focuses on small, manageable changes that fit everyday life.
She pays attention to attachment patterns, communication challenges, and feelings of isolation or shame. Work in therapy can include building emotional regulation skills, improving boundaries, and working through guilt or forgiveness at a pace that feels right for the person.
Austria aims to collaborate with each person to shape goals and methods that match their values and identity. She emphasizes respect and responsiveness so people feel heard and able to try new ways of coping.
How her approaches work in online therapy
Austria uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thinking patterns that fuel anxiety and mood struggles. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift them.She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and boundaries. This helps when communication problems, abandonment concerns, or attachment struggles affect daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they shape a plan that may combine skills training, mindfulness, and reflective work so the sessions match real needs.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when that helps, and remove travel time so sessions are more practical. The therapist and client will decide together how to structure sessions to fit routines and goals.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career challenges, and coping with life changes, plus related issues such as attachment, isolation, and money and financial issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, blending Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered methods, and trauma-aware practices to address thinking patterns and emotional responses.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 13 years of professional experience supporting people through anxiety, mood concerns, grief, trauma-related issues, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LMHC credential as a New York LMHC and practices out of New York.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.