About Sherry
Sherry Martinez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas with 25 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people facing addiction, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related issues.
Her style is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people take steps that fit their lives. Sherry came to clinical work after a career in business management.
Background and approach
In mid-life she returned to school for a Master’s in Social Work and completed two years of clinical supervision to earn her LCSW. That life change shapes how she approaches work now - with attention to purpose, realistic goals, and personal strengths.
In sessions she uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. She focuses on listening, helping people name what matters to them, and finding small, manageable changes that add up over time. Her background includes long experience with serious mood and thought disorders and a wide variety of life stressors.
She has worked with adults across a broad age range and values the unique story each person brings. Sherry emphasizes collaboration and steady support while people work toward clearer goals. People who choose her often want practical tools, honest conversation, and a therapist who understands career pivoting and long-term life change.
Therapeutic approaches to use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is about clarifying what matters to a person and taking small committed steps toward those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, stress, grief, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and practicing new skills and actions to change mood and behavior; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping skills work. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding strong emotions and improving how people express and respond to feelings in close relationships and personal work.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, daily life, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Then she will suggest options and adapt methods in collaboration with the person seeking help so the plan fits their needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper sessions and face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, flexible checkups, or when someone needs short, frequent contact. These options make it easier to get consistent help around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English