Martina Cisneros, LCSW
Practical, story-focused therapy for life changes
Details
| Name | Martina Cisneros |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | California, Texas |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 21 |
About Martina
Martina Cisneros is a licensed clinical social worker with 21 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by listening carefully and offering steady, practical support. Martina aims to create a warm, respectful space for people from diverse backgrounds to talk about their concerns.
She often helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship patterns, and issues around identity and sexuality. She also works with people facing addiction, sleep problems, parenting strain, career decisions, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Martina pays attention to how culture and personal history shape the stories people tell about themselves. Her approach centers on collaboration. She uses Narrative therapy to look at the stories that shape a person’s life and to open new possibilities.
She also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build practical skills for handling difficult thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on clear, manageable steps. Martina helps clients notice patterns, practice new ways of responding, and set small goals that feel doable.
She emphasizes communication skills, self-compassion, and concrete tools for coping when life gets hard. Outside work she enjoys gardening, cooking, dancing, skiing, and spending time with family and grandchildren. Those interests inform an easygoing, relatable style in sessions that aims to meet people where they are.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Martina works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Martina among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Martina among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Martina among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Martina among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Martina among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Martina among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Martina among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Martina among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Martina among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Martina directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Martina directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches for online work and practical coping
Martina uses Narrative therapy to help people examine the stories they tell about themselves and find different, more helpful ways to understand their lives. This approach is useful for identity questions, relationship patterns, and making sense of past experiences. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and to identify actions that match their values. ACT can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and navigating life transitions. She also draws on Client-Centered principles to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people feel heard and understood.Finding the right method is a collaborative process. Martina will listen to your goals and try different approaches to see what fits. Together you will set practical steps and check progress so the work stays relevant to daily life.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit short check-ins or lower bandwidth needs, and messaging or live chat can support quick reflections or between-session check-ins. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and stay connected from wherever they live in Texas.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Martina help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship patterns, intimacy issues, addictions, parenting strain, career questions, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth. She combines story work with skills-based techniques to help people manage thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 21 years of clinical experience supporting people through complex emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
Martina holds LCSW credentials in California and Texas and practices from Texas.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She works online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions operate on a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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