I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 15 years of counseling and psychotherapy experience. Whether you want to achieve a specific short-term goal or desire more long-term life satisfaction overall, I look forward to helping you heal, learn, and grow. I have worked with individuals, couples, and families for more than a decade as a licensed provider in California and have practiced in Illinois and Nebraska. I also have six years of experience supervising counselors, psychotherapists, and social workers as well as two years of experience teaching psychology at a four year state university.
I enjoy helping people develop their life skills, be empowered, understand themselves and others, and experience more happiness and contentment. I believe that a strong therapeutic relationship between counselor and client is a key factor to positive change and is built by communicating non-judgmental empathetic understanding. I find that an integrated approach is useful overall and that some theoretical orientations work better for some people rather than others. I have experience in providing Person-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Feminist Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy. As I have experience using a variety of psychotherapy orientations and look at complex situations from multiple perspectives, I can help you choose which might be the best fit for you.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder
CA LMFT 44861
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Marty helped me through a very traumatic time in my life when I had no one to talk to. He is very patient, kind, and provided gently advice and feedback to my questions and concerns. He was very good at helping me cope with my anxiety and provided practical and objective tools to manage my anxiety and overwhelming negative thoughts.
Written on Oct 31, 2018 after therapy with Martin for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, and career difficulties