Austria Martinez, LMHC

Austria Martinez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with over 13 years of professional experience supporting adults through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, career concerns, and major life changes. She offers a steady, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak openly about what they are carrying and begin to make sense of difficult thoughts, emotions, and patterns.

Her work is integrative and flexible, drawing primarily from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy, and trauma-informed principles, with elements of mindfulness. CBT helps clients identify unhelpful thought and behavior cycles and practice more effective alternatives, while a client-centered foundation emphasizes respect, empathy, and a collaborative pace that supports self-exploration and personal growth.

Austria tailors therapy to each client’s goals, identities, and preferences. She works with a wide range of concerns, including mood difficulties, stress management, self-esteem and self-worth, relationship challenges such as communication, boundaries, and attachment patterns, emotional regulation, work-related stress, and trauma-related experiences. Sessions are designed to be culturally responsive and empowering, with an intentional focus on helping clients feel heard, respected, and supported. She provides therapy in English and Spanish.