About Joe
Joe Martinez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 15 years of experience. He focuses on practical help for common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. He works in straightforward language and aims to make the first steps feel manageable.
He helps people name problems and find small, doable changes. That might mean learning new ways to respond to stress, sorting through relationship patterns, or rebuilding confidence after a setback.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented rather than abstract or vague. Joe draws from several approaches to tailor work to each person. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
He applies Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and create committed action. He also brings elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness to teach emotion regulation and present-moment skills. People often come for help with career pressures, loneliness, intimacy concerns, or the aftermath of trauma and abuse.
He also focuses on men’s issues, infidelity, process addictions, social anxiety, anger, and workplace stress. The work is focused on what the client wants to change and how to get there. Sessions can be adapted to video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Joe encourages collaboration so clients leave each week with clear next steps and practical tools they can use between meetings.
Evidence-based approaches for online work
Joe commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and workplace stress. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify their values and take committed steps toward them, which can ease feelings of stuckness and low motivation.Finding the right approach is part of the early work. He will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they decide which techniques to try first. The process is collaborative and adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video works well for in-depth conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work and family demands.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English