Hello! My name is Martha Anderson,. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor/Mental Health Service Provider with 26 years of experience in the counseling field. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, trauma disorders (including complex trauma), personality disorders, and gender dysphoria. I am also an advocate for the LGBTQ community, and have helped clients navigate the stages of their journey, helping them to find their inner strength and courage, and live their best lives, despite the barriers they may face.
I see the therapeutic process as a collaborative one between therapist and client, and work with clients on mapping out their life worth living based on each client' individual needs, goals and concerns. My therapeutic approach combines components of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. I am also certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
It takes an incredible amount of courage to seek help, and I am here to support you if you are ready. I look forward to working with you!!
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dependent Personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and shame, HIV / AIDS, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic Brain Injury, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
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Martha is warm, compassionate, and extremely attuned. She has so much knowledge and easily guides me to important revelations and possibilities to consider. Truly a special therapist.
Written on Oct 12, 2021 after therapy with Martha for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes
She helps me to build my self-confidence, we work my anxiety out, and just have a good time! I appreciate it ❤️
Written on Jul 25, 2021 after therapy with Martha for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Martha is a wonderful and understanding therapist who meets you wherever you are. She’s been so wonderful and good for me in this unexpectedly incredibly difficult season of life and grief.
She makes me feel heard and let’s me feel what I’m feeling with no judgement or shame - absolutely wonderful.
Written on Jun 10, 2021 after therapy with Martha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, and self esteem
I’m still getting to know Martha but I feel as though I can open up to her about anything and she GETS it!
Written on Jun 07, 2021 after therapy with Martha for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue