About Nereida
Nereida Martinez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and parenting challenges. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on 17 years of work as a therapist in Texas. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to handle day-to-day struggles.
She has worked in community clinics, nonprofit agencies, the criminal justice system, and independent practice. Those settings shaped her understanding of social, cultural, and spiritual pressures that affect mental health.
Background and approach
That background helps her see the whole picture around a person's concerns. Nereida uses a client-centered style that adapts to each person's needs. She combines approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques, existential thinking, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on small, doable changes. In meetings she guides and encourages people to set clear goals. She helps with coping skills for sleep, anger, and low self-esteem.
She also supports those dealing with grief, relationship strain, intimacy issues, and life transitions. Her practice pays attention to family-of-origin issues, blended family challenges, communication problems, and concerns tied to immigration or financial stress. Nereida also brings experience addressing ADHD, disruptive mood concerns, and domestic violence related matters.
People working with Nereida can expect a collaborative, respectful process. She tailors interventions to what each person finds helpful and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s own goals and pace first. The therapist listens closely and adjusts sessions to what matters most to the client, which helps when dealing with relationship strain, parenting worries, or life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It breaks issues into manageable parts and focuses on practical strategies for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger.
Mindfulness work teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can be useful for stress, intrusive thoughts after trauma, and for managing ADHD symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist collaborate to decide which techniques to keep using.
Online therapy offers flexibility across several formats. Video calls are closest to an in-person session and work well for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching between sessions, or when fitting therapy into a busy day.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish