Vanessa Martz is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 28 years of experience.
01About Vanessa
Vanessa Martz is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 28 years of experience. She brings a practical, caring presence shaped by a life in the military, science, and higher education. Clients note a comforting, motherly manner and a willingness to address hard topics directly.
She draws on long personal experience with grief, loss, and violence, including caring roles in her family and fostering 26 children over three decades. Those life events inform her work on grief, trauma, and relationship strain.
Background and approach
She also has experience with adoption, blended family challenges, and caregiving stress. In sessions she uses straightforward methods that fit each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a common tool she uses to help people change thoughts and behaviors.
She also works with emotion-focused ideas and mindfulness practices to build awareness and calm. Vanessa identifies as a Christian and serves as a licensed pastor; she says spirituality will be part of the work when it matters to the client. If someone prefers not to explore spiritual beliefs, she suggests another match might be better.
Her approach aims to help people make choices that bring more peace and moments of joy. She focuses on concern areas like anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Vanessa practices in Alabama and conducts sessions in English.
02Credentials
- LPC (Alabama)
- License LPC01770 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1750649752 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Vanessa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Vanessa names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Vanessa names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Practical approaches for online sessions
Vanessa commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust so clients feel understood and accepted; it helps people clarify their own goals and make decisions that fit their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful behavior. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each client about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. If a particular direction does not feel helpful, she adjusts the plan together with the client. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face from different places. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text allow shorter, more frequent check-ins and can fit into busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.05Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Vanessa help with?
She helps people with relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting stress, anger, and self-esteem concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and direct. She blends practical tools like cognitive behavioral techniques with emotion-focused and mindfulness work.
What background does she bring to therapy?
She has 28 years of experience and a varied background in the military, science, and higher education, plus extensive personal experience with fostering, adoption, grief, and caregiving.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is licensed as an LPC in Alabama and provides services from that state.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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