Therapist profile
Sonya Martinez, LPC
Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Anxiety
Continue with SonyaWhere Sonya stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Texas / 65932
- NPI
- 1033312145
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Texas
About
- Parenting stress
- Codependency patterns
- Emotion regulation
About Sonya
Sonya Martinez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 10 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting pressures, relationship and intimacy concerns, and codependency related patterns.
She focuses on making conversations straightforward and practical. Sonya encourages people to say what they notice about their feelings and behaviors. Sessions aim to identify patterns that leave someone putting others first or feeling stuck around another person’s moods or crises.
Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps people develop clearer boundaries, manage strong emotions, and find small changes that reduce daily strain. Sonya also supports people coping with grief, career stress, chronic health issues, and life transitions.
Clients can expect a direct but respectful style in sessions. Sonya listens for recurring relationship habits and offers tools to change them, such as communication skills and coping strategies for anxiety or anger. She also addresses practical concerns like parenting stress and caregiver burden.
Her background includes a decade working with diverse adult concerns across mood, behavioral, and life-change issues. Sonya uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work and checks in regularly to adjust the approach as needed. She conducts sessions in English and practices in Texas as an LPC.
How sessions work
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Sonya uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide her work. One common approach focuses on identifying recurring relationship patterns and teaching concrete communication skills to change how interactions unfold. This helps when someone keeps putting others first or struggles to say no. Another approach targets emotion regulation and coping skills for anxiety, anger, and stress. That method offers short tools and breathing or grounding exercises to reduce overwhelm in the moment.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sonya collaborates with each person to decide which techniques feel most useful, and she checks in regularly to adapt the plan based on progress, goals, and preferences.
Confirm the current session delivery options before booking because the biography does not list formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and letting people schedule shorter check-ins when needed. They also allow for flexible timing around work or caregiving responsibilities and can support steady momentum between appointments.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, codependency patterns, and related concerns.
How would she describe her style in sessions?
Her style is direct and collaborative. She focuses on practical steps, clearer boundaries, and skills you can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional work experience supporting adults with mood, relationship, and life-change issues.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and sees clients from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what does cost look like?
Costs vary with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to work together?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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