Martina Cisneros

Martina Cisneros is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 21 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life transitions. She creates an affirming space where clients can be heard and begin to make practical changes. Martina emphasizes clear communication, building self-compassion, and small steps that add up over time.

She focuses on common difficulties such as grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, stress, addiction concerns, and ADHD. Martina also supports people facing career shifts, parenting challenges, caregiver stress, and complicated feelings around adoption or abandonment. She pays attention to cultural context and identity during sessions.

Martina uses a collaborative, compassionate style. Sessions often involve talking through patterns, practicing new ways to respond, and trying out skills between meetings. She draws on methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy to match what each person needs.

Her background includes long-term clinical work across California and Texas and a focus on multicultural and women’s issues. Martina aims to help people reduce isolation, improve communication, and reconnect with purpose. She presents herself as a steady partner through change rather than offering quick fixes.

Outside work she enjoys gardening, cooking, dancing, skiing, camping, and time with family and grandchildren. Those personal interests inform a warm, down-to-earth approach in the therapy room.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. It can be useful when someone feels stuck by worry, avoidance, or painful memories. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing thought and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety or depression, with exercises to practice between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy emphasizes simple awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as specific formats were not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing brief check-ins during a workday, or making it simpler to join from different locations. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and mindfulness exercises to work over distance and assign practical homework that fits everyday routines.