Michele San Martin

Michele San Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain. She brings 20 years of experience and a calm, respectful approach to sessions. Michele treats common concerns like depression, trauma, compassion fatigue, parenting stress, and changes that come with aging or caregiving.

Her style is rooted in listening first. She treats each person as the expert on their life and builds therapy around their strengths and goals. Michele uses clear, practical steps so clients can notice small changes between sessions.

She combines ideas from client-centered work and solution-focused methods to keep sessions goal oriented and hopeful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used when thoughts and behaviors are getting in the way of daily life. She also draws on mindfulness and Jungian ideas to help people connect with deeper values and meaning.

Michele has supported people through grief, chronic illness, adoption and foster care issues, and attachment concerns. She also helps with sleep problems, intimacy-related issues, anger, and career or self-esteem struggles. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelming feelings and increase coping skills for everyday life.

Beginning therapy with Michele usually involves talking about immediate needs and what a better week would look like. From there she and the client set short-term steps and check progress together. The focus is practical change, steady support, and helping people regain a sense of control.

Approaches you can try online with a therapist

Michele uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening, building trust, and following the client's lead to find what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings and make decisions.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and change patterns of behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, depression, and improving daily routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michele will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust plans as progress is made. The client and therapist collaborate to pick tools that feel practical and realistic.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make consistent weekly work more accessible during caregiving or health-related demands. Ask about session length and scheduling when you complete the matching questionnaire so arrangements match your routine.