About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Martinez is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with 11 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or major life changes. Her approach is calm and straightforward, aimed at helping people take small steps that add up to real relief.
She focuses on creating a space where clients can talk without judgment. Conversations are practical and rooted in everyday life.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and works with them to try different ways of responding. Elizabeth draws on methods like cognitive work to change unhelpful thoughts, acceptance-based strategies to reduce struggle with difficult feelings, and skills training to build steady coping tools.
Sessions may include learning simple mindfulness practices, practicing new ways to handle stress, or trying skills for managing intense emotions. She also helps people facing specific concerns such as abandonment worries, attachment issues, caregiver stress, or the impact of grief and separation. Those struggling with control issues, relationship communication problems, or guilt and shame can find focused support.
People who choose her often want clear steps and a practical plan. She partners with them to set goals that feel doable. The work is collaborative, paced to the person, and aimed at improving daily functioning and emotional balance.
Online approaches and how they fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them. It focuses on values and small actions that move someone toward a more meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches practical ways to change them. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for handling strong emotions and improving how someone copes in stressful moments. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they try methods and adjust the plan based on what actually helps in everyday life. Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face to face, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging work for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use the tools learned in sessions during daily life.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Indiana
- Languages
- English