About Vanessa
Vanessa Martinez offers a calm, practical approach to therapy rooted in the client-centered work she values. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado and focuses on clear, usable tools for everyday life. Her style is direct but warm, and she aims to make first steps feel manageable.
Vanessa helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem. She supports those facing depression, major life changes, and relationship or family concerns.
Background and approach
Parenting challenges, grief, and trauma are also within her focus areas. Her methods draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and mindfulness. Sessions typically involve practical skills practice, gentle reflection, and short-term strategies that can be used between meetings.
The goal is to build habits that reduce distress and improve daily functioning. With three years of professional experience, she adapts conversations to each person’s needs. Vanessa emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a collaborative tone.
She works with issues like ADHD, postpartum depression, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue using a straightforward, stepwise plan. Clients can expect a focus on problem-solving, communication skills, and self-awareness. Vanessa also addresses deeper themes such as attachment, body image, guilt, and life purpose when they come up.
Her aim is to support people as they make lasting, realistic changes.
How Vanessa’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without fighting them, then committing to actions that match personal values. It can help when worry or avoidance gets in the way of what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Vanessa works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person's goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. She may combine techniques from ACT, CBT, or mindfulness and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing skill reminders, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options help fit therapy into work, parenting, and busy schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English