Armando Martinez Jr, LPC

Armando Martinez Jr is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people feeling stuck regain momentum in their lives. He frames clients as the experts on their own experience and aims to restore the resilience needed to handle stress, relationship strain, grief, and other challenges. He works in both English and Spanish.

Armando uses an integrative approach that draws on several therapy styles to match each person's needs. Sessions focus on practical strategies and conversations that guide change, not on one-size-fits-all methods. He helps people clarify goals, learn new coping skills, and move from feeling stuck to taking small, meaningful steps forward.

Before independent practice, Armando spent many years in hospital and school settings. He worked in an acute inpatient unit with people facing anxiety, depression, and trauma. He also served as a behavioral consultant and school counselor for at-risk students ages ten to eighteen. That mix of hospital, educational, and independent-practice experience informs his practical, down-to-earth style.

In a typical session he listens, asks questions, and offers strategies drawn from approaches like cognitive behavioral and mindfulness work. He also uses client-centered and psychodynamic ideas when they fit the person's story. The focus is on what the person wants to change and on tools that make daily life easier.

Armando welcomes conversations about a wide range of concerns including addictions, ADHD, parenting, LGBT issues, and trauma and abuse. He aims to help people strengthen coping skills and rebuild direction after difficult life changes.

How his approaches translate to online therapy

Armando commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness approaches. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviors that get in the way, then practicing different ways of thinking or acting to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve coping with stress.

He also uses client-centered principles that place the person's goals and choices at the center of the work. Together the therapist and client decide which methods to try and adjust them over time. Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process that changes with the client's needs and goals.

Session logistics vary by practice, so confirm current online options before you book. Many people appreciate online or remote sessions because they can fit therapy into a work break, avoid travel time, or choose a shorter check-in when life is busy. Armando aims to help clients transfer skills learned in sessions into daily routines so therapy can fit into real life rather than add more tasks.