Suzanne Martinez, LMFT
Illinois · 25 years in practice
Suzanne Martinez is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience based in Illinois.
License and registration
- LMFT, Illinois
- 166000614 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1982857405 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Suzanne
Suzanne Martinez is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience based in Illinois. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career pressure, relationship strain, grief, or major life changes. Suzanne works with adults on practical steps to feel more grounded and to move forward with clearer goals.
She blends existential ideas with acceptance and commitment therapy and client-centered listening.
Background and approach
That means she pays attention to what matters most to each person, helps name the hard emotions, and supports actions that match personal values. Sessions often include talking through patterns, practicing small behavior changes, and learning ways to calm the mind. Suzanne also uses cognitive behavioral and emotionally-focused approaches when they fit a person’s needs.
Those tools target unhelpful thoughts, improve communication, and strengthen emotional connection to oneself and others. She draws on many years of work in community and campus settings to shape each plan. Her background includes long-term clinical practice and teaching about skills for well-being.
She is an Illinois licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - and has served in both independent practice and university counseling contexts. That mix of clinical work and education informs a practical style focused on steady progress. People describe her style as direct but warm, aiming for realistic steps and clearer priorities.
She helps clients build routines, handle setbacks, and keep sight of their values as they work toward lasting change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Suzanne lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Suzanne names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches online and how they help
Existential Therapy looks at meaning and choice in life. It helps people facing emptiness, big transitions, or questions about purpose by clarifying what matters and finding ways to live in line with those values. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on accepting difficult feelings while committing to actions that reflect personal values; it can help with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical skills to stay engaged in life. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and a nonjudgmental stance so a person can explore concerns at their own pace and regain a clearer sense of self.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Suzanne will work with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan over time so the methods fit needs and preferences. The point is to find what helps someone make steady, manageable progress rather than to follow a single formula.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when discussion and verbal cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text messaging make it simple to share brief updates, get timely coaching between sessions, and maintain momentum when schedules are tight. All formats support ongoing work on values, behavior changes, and emotional understanding with a licensed professional.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Suzanne commonly help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, addiction concerns, parenting stress, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style mixes existential reflection with acceptance and commitment and client-centered listening. Sessions focus on naming values, clarifying goals, and practicing small behavior steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working in independent practice and university counseling settings, along with teaching and writing about well-being skills.
Which credentials and region apply to her practice?
She is an Illinois licensed marriage and family therapist, listed as IL LMFT, and practices in Illinois.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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