Sandra Grace Martinez, LPC
Practical, respectful care for everyday parenting challenges
Book with Sandra- Years in practice
- 14
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Sandra
Sandra Grace Martinez is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 14 years of experience. She speaks English and Spanish and helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting concerns. Sandra focuses on practical steps people can use right away and keeps conversations straightforward and respectful.
She uses a mix of approaches depending on the person’s needs. That can include talking about attachment patterns, using client-centered conversation to follow the client’s lead, and applying cognitive strategies to change unhelpful thoughts.
Background and approach
Sessions are meant to be collaborative and paced to what feels manageable. Sandra has worked across a range of concerns that often overlap, such as trauma and abuse, addiction, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and challenges with sleep or eating. She also offers support for career stress, compassion fatigue, and coping with big life changes.
Her practice pays attention to how past relationships and attachment styles affect current coping. In sessions she aims to build clear goals and small steps that fit daily life. Sandra may introduce tools from dialectical behavior therapy for emotion regulation or Jungian ideas to explore personal meaning when helpful.
She adapts language and pace for English- or Spanish-speaking clients. People who prefer a direct, practical approach with room for reflection may find her style helpful. She asks questions, listens carefully, and works with each person to shape a plan that fits their situation and goals.
What Sandra works with
Everything Sandra lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sandra helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Sandra lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches and how they work online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationship patterns shape current reactions and closeness. Online sessions can use this approach to identify patterns and try different ways of relating in daily life. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and pace, offering listening and reflection so clients feel heard and can lead the focus of each session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete techniques to notice and change thinking patterns that feed anxiety or depression.Finding the right approach is part of the journey. Sandra will work with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking in about what helps, and shifting the plan together if something doesn’t fit.
Online work offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing coaching between appointments. These formats make it easier to balance therapy with parenting, work, and daily life while keeping the focus on usable tools and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Sandra
What kinds of concerns does Sandra help with?
Sandra works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting concerns, anger, career challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She combines attachment-focused conversation, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral strategies to build concrete steps people can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Sandra has 14 years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns across clinical settings.
Where is Sandra licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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