About Yovanna
Prof. Yovanna Martinez offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, or big life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and focuses on helping people make steady, manageable progress one step at a time.
She listens first and adapts sessions to each person's needs. Conversations are straightforward and goal-directed. She helps clients set clear goals, practice new coping skills, and track small victories between sessions.
Background and approach
Her work draws on client-centered methods that keep the person's priorities at the center. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Mindfulness practices are offered to ease intense emotions and improve sleep and focus.
With 25 years of experience, Prof. Martinez has supported people through depression, trauma, relationship strain, parenting stress, addictions, and career uncertainty. She also helps with issues such as compassion fatigue, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and the emotional effects of aging and caregiving.
She tailors treatment plans to fit each person's situation and goals. Sessions may include practical problem solving, motivational conversations, brief solution-focused work, and trauma-informed care as needed. Her approach aims to make change feel achievable rather than overwhelming.
Practical approaches for online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's priorities and builds a collaborative relationship. The therapist listens carefully, follows the client's lead, and helps set goals that feel meaningful and doable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and daily functioning. It involves short exercises, tracking patterns, and practicing different ways of thinking to reduce anxiety, depression, or sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and which methods feel most useful. That conversation guides whether sessions emphasize skill practice, motivational coaching, mindfulness, or brief solution-focused steps.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills work and deeper conversation. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Maryland
- Languages
- English, Spanish