About Martine
Martine Saul is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on grief, aging, chronic illness, and life transitions. She draws on nine years of experience supporting people through loss, medical complexity, and changes in daily life. Martine works from a practical, person-centered stance and aims to make sessions clear and approachable.
She earned a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Chatham University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Point Park University.
Background and approach
Martine also completed a certificate in Gerontology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2020. Her graduate placements were in hospice and palliative care, where she provided bereavement and end-of-life support. Martine has hands-on experience with older adults from work at an adult day program.
She planned activities for people, including those in early stages of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, and learned how to tailor engagement to different abilities. That background informs her approach to caregiver stress and aging-related concerns. In addition to independent practice, she co-facilitates a bereavement support group and participates in local social advocacy.
Martine draws from a mix of client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, EMDR, and motivational interviewing to match the work to a person's needs. She offers sessions in English and provides appointments by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Martine helps people map out next steps and connect to community resources when that will help move goals forward.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist reflects what matters to the person and helps them set goals. This approach is useful for grief, life changes, and building coping skills.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. Sessions often include practical exercises, goal-setting, and skills to manage anxiety or depression. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, works with processing traumatic memories through guided techniques and can be adapted for remote sessions when appropriate.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Martine discusses options and tailors methods based on a person's needs, goals, and preferences. She treats the choice of technique as a collaborative decision and adjusts as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and interactive exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when messaging fits a schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy or changing routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English