About Rita
Dr. Rita Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a decade of clinical experience. She frames therapy as a team effort, helping people name their current problems and set clear goals.
Her style is direct and collaborative, with a focus on building trust and practical steps forward. She helps people increase self-awareness and grow self-acceptance. Sessions aim to spot patterns that lead to self-sabotage and replace them with different choices.
Background and approach
Rita uses straightforward conversations and actionable tasks so clients can see progress between meetings. Her training includes a Master of Arts in Student Personnel Services, Counseling and a Doctor of Behavioral Health. That background supports a blended approach that draws on evidence-informed methods and practical tools.
She leans on techniques that connect thoughts, emotions, and behavior for everyday life changes. People bring many concerns to her work, from stress and anxiety to grief, sleep problems, anger, and ADHD. She also addresses relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction issues, compassion fatigue, and trauma and abuse.
Rita aims to create plans that fit each person’s daily routines and responsibilities. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Clients can expect clear suggestions, skill practice, and check-ins on progress.
The focus is on helping people make manageable changes that improve functioning and reduce distress over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with more useful ones. It’s often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and managing everyday stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and how they shape interactions and personal reactions; it can help people understand strong feelings and shift how they respond to them.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, daily routines, and preferences, then suggest methods that fit. That plan can change over time as needs evolve, and decisions are made together in session.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations for skills practice and feedback. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can work well for check-ins. Live chat or text messaging can be used for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Texas, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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