About Martha
Martha Higgins is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, and big life changes. She focuses on helping clients strengthen self-esteem and improve relationships through clear, step-by-step guidance. Martha writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.
She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and emotion-focused strategies to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new responses.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with attention to day-to-day skills that make life easier. Martha also brings tools for coping with grief, trauma, and workplace strain. With 14 years of experience, she supports people working through attachment wounds, abandonment fears, and codependency.
She helps clients name sources of shame or guilt and practice healthier ways to relate to themselves and others. Practical exercises and short-term goals are common in her work. Martha pays attention to how early family patterns affect current choices and communication.
She helps people improve boundaries, manage impulsivity, and tackle career-related stress in ways that fit their lives. Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on change. Therapy is offered in English and delivered remotely through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging.
Martha works from Oklahoma and brings a calm, caring presence to sessions while helping clients build skills they can use every day.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, then choose actions that match their values. This approach can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by focusing on meaningful steps rather than trying to eliminate difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through short exercises and experiments. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns because it provides concrete tools to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try strategies and adjust the plan as needed so therapy matches daily life and values.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video lets people work face to face when they can, while phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and skill practice easier between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around family, work, and other obligations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Utah, Oregon
- Languages
- English