Martina Cisneros, LCSW

Martina Cisneros is a licensed clinical social worker with 21 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and issues around intimacy and identity. She creates a welcoming, affirming space where people can talk about hard feelings and small everyday problems without judgment. Martina aims to help clients build clearer communication, steadier self-esteem, and a stronger sense of direction.

Her work focuses on practical steps and real-life coping skills. She uses a mix of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness to address patterns that get in the way of daily life. Sessions look at thoughts, behaviors, and values so clients can try new responses and notice what changes.

Martina pays attention to cultural background, sexuality, and life transitions when those themes matter to the client. She offers support for people dealing with grief, addiction, caregiving stress, abandonment, and complex relationship patterns. She also helps clients manage sleep problems, anger, and the effects of trauma and abuse.

Her style is collaborative and compassionate. Martina works alongside clients to set realistic goals and practice new skills between sessions. She often draws on motivational interviewing to encourage small, sustainable changes.

Outside of work she enjoys gardening, cooking, dancing, skiing, and spending time with family and grandchildren, activities she says help her stay grounded.

How Martina's Approaches Shape Online Work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and relationship concerns by shifting focus from avoidance to committed action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Martina will collaborate with each person to choose which methods feel useful and adapt them over time. Clients and the therapist set goals together and check whether strategies are helping, adjusting course as needed.

Confirm available session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing meetings from a wider range of locations. It also lets people use shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or choose video when visual cues are helpful. The practical aim is to integrate therapy into everyday routines so skills can be practiced between sessions.