Vanessa Martz, LPC

Vanessa Martz is an LPC with 28 years of experience. She brings a long personal and professional path to her counseling, including military connections, parenting through adoption and fostering, and years of grief work. Her background shapes a calm, maternal presence in sessions and a direct, compassionate style.

Clients find Vanessa conversational and practical. She leans on cognitive-behavioral ideas and grief work while also drawing from other approaches to match each person's needs. She often asks about spiritual beliefs and may include those topics in therapy when clients are open to exploring them.

Her experience includes work with trauma, loss, addiction, and the stresses that come with caregiving and life transitions. She also supports people facing relationship challenges, parenting struggles, anger, low self-esteem, and anxiety and depression. Aging and geriatric issues are listed among her focus areas as well.

Vanessa says her goal is not to force change but to help people make choices they can live with and to rediscover joy. She uses a mix of practical techniques and listening to help people build new habits and cope with overwhelming events. Sessions are straightforward and paced to each person’s situation.

People who prefer to include spiritual questions in therapy may find her approach a good fit. If someone prefers not to address spirituality, she suggests they consider a different therapist. The first conversations focus on immediate concerns and what the person hopes to change.

Approaches that guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person as they are. It helps people feel heard and supports decisions that fit their values and goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It helps with anxiety, depression, stress, and managing unhelpful habits by teaching practical skills and small behavioral changes.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy is about identifying and shifting patterns in close relationships. It can help people who want clearer communication and more secure emotional connection with others.

Finding the right approach is part of how therapy works. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting over time.

Confirm the session formats available before booking, since specific online options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can tailor session length and focus so therapy fits daily routines without requiring major schedule changes.