- Guilt and shame focus
- Parenting support
- Self-esteem work
About Donna
Donna Martinez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, and self-esteem concerns. Her practice also addresses communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, and self-love.
Donna describes herself as someone who listens without judgment and treats the person in front of her as the expert on their own story. She focuses on helping people recognize their strengths and how those strengths can be used to manage challenges. Sessions are practical and focused on what is happening in the client's life now.
Her approach emphasizes clear conversation about feelings and patterns. She helps clients make sense of why things feel the way they do and looks at small, doable steps forward. This can include working through strong emotions after trauma, sorting parenting challenges, or shifting persistent self-criticism.
Donna aims to make the process understandable. She encourages clients to notice what already works for them and to build on those habits. The tone in sessions is direct but respectful, with attention to immediate concerns and daily life tasks.
For someone carrying guilt or shame, she offers a steady conversational approach that names those feelings and examines their sources. She works with clients to balance honest reflection with practical coping strategies. If a reader wants to proceed, the site’s steps explain how to match and schedule an initial session.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Evidence-based techniques in her work focus on clear, practical methods that help with emotions and daily functioning. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches ways to manage anxiety and stress through simple, repeatable actions. This helps when intense feelings interfere with day-to-day tasks or relationships.Another approach involves narrative and reflective work that names difficult feelings like guilt and shame and traces where they come from. This kind of work helps people separate past events from current self-evaluation and decide what to do next.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Donna collaborates with clients to identify which methods feel useful and adjusts over time based on goals and preference. Clients and therapist check in about what's helping and what needs to change.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered. Confirm current session options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day, avoid travel time, or have a shorter check-in when needed. They can also allow someone to choose an environment that helps them focus, reduce commute stress, or manage scheduling around work and family commitments.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, and self-love.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She listens without judgment and treats clients as experts on their own stories. The work is conversational and oriented to practical steps clients can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional work experience in counseling and related clinical settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions billed or paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.