Austria Martinez, LMHC

Austria Martinez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with over 13 years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, career concerns, and major life changes. She provides a steady, non-judgmental space where clients can speak openly about what they are carrying and begin making sense of difficult emotions, patterns, and experiences.

Her work is integrative and flexible, drawing primarily from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), client-centered therapy, and trauma-informed principles, with mindfulness elements woven in when helpful. CBT focuses on noticing and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, while a client-centered approach emphasizes respect, empathy, and collaboration so clients can explore their experiences at their own pace. Austria tailors therapy to each person’s needs, identities, and goals, and she aims to offer an empowering and culturally responsive experience.

Austria works with a wide range of concerns, including mood-related challenges, stress management, self-esteem and self-worth, relationship difficulties such as communication, boundaries, and attachment patterns, emotional regulation, and work-related stress. She offers services in both English and Spanish, and she supports clients as they take meaningful steps toward the changes they want to make.