Whitney s. martin lpc, ncc, cit
I am a Nationally Board Certified Counselor; Licensed (currently in Louisiana) Professional Counselor and a Licensed Addiction Counselor in training.
I received my Bachelors of Education in 2014 and Masters of Education in 2020. I have experience in both community based mental health/addiction as well as school based mental health. As a former teacher and community based professional, I have extensive knowledge on the community based mental health. I have countless hours of continuing education related to various subjects including but not limited to Depression, Anxiety, Suicide Prevention and Addiction; to name a few.
As a New Orleans Native, I take pride in my community and culture. I am an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and that Louisiana Counseling Association; working my community as much as possible. I’m an avid reader, dancer, and music lover; working continually to “practice what I preach”.
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
tHERAPEUTIC FRAMEWORK
Client Centered Therapy is the main lens that I view our therapeutic relationship; where we explore together and understand the clients’ problems to develop solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Solution Focused Therapy are evidenced-based practice interventions that work for a wide variety of diagnosis. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy examines patterns of thoughts and actions to better understand the clients’ problems and develop solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is proven effective with diagnosis ranging from anxiety and depression to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and emotion/ anger problems. Solution Focused Therapy is brief psychotherapy that builds on the strengths of the clients to develop solutions for the problem and is proven effective with behavioral issues, family and couples therapy.
-
-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
-Solution Focused Therapy
-Motivational Interviewing
-Person Centered
-Mindful-Base Therapy
-
-
-Anxiety
-Addiction
-Depression
-Dual Diagnosis
-Life Transitions