Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
How Vanessa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Alabama
- Years in practice
- 28
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Vanessa
Vanessa Martz is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 28 years of experience. She brings a long career that spans science, the military, and higher education into her work. Many clients notice her warm, motherly manner and her straightforward, faith-informed perspective.
She has personal experience with loss, violence, and caregiving that shapes her approach. That includes bereavement work, blended family challenges, adoption, and fostering. Those life events have given her practical insight into grief and long-term stress.
Background and approach
Vanessa uses a mix of techniques rather than a single method. She often draws on cognitive behavioral ideas and grief resolution approaches, and she adapts methods to match each person's needs. Sessions aim to help people make choices that feel right and to increase daily moments of peace and joy.
Her background as a veteran, a pastor, and a parent to biological and adopted children informs how she talks about meaning and belief. She says spiritual questions will come up in therapy, and she will invite exploration of those topics; people unwilling to examine spiritual beliefs may prefer a different therapist.
Vanessa offers practical help for relationship strain, anger, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, parenting stress, and trauma. She also supports people facing challenges like abandonment, attachment struggles, caregiving stress, and body image worries. Her style balances gentle challenge with steady support.
What Vanessa works with
Everything Vanessa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Vanessa's practice.
- 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
Approaches Vanessa lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and clarifies goals for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to manage anxiety, anger, or low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and share difficult emotions and build stronger emotional connections when relationships are strained.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. Plans can change as progress is made or as new concerns come up, and the therapist will adapt the work together with the client.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, homework check-ins, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and varying life demands.
Questions people ask about Vanessa
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with relationship problems, anger, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, grief, parenting stress, trauma, and many related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and direct with a motherly presence. She blends cognitive behavioral methods, grief work, and other approaches to fit each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has 28 years of professional experience across science, the military, and higher education, and extensive personal experience with grief and fostering.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in Alabama.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.