Martha Kilgore, LPC

Alabama · 25 years in practice

Martha Kilgore is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people navigate hard moments.

License and registration

LPC, Alabama: LPC02005 · expires July 2026
NPI: 1093870446 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 25
Languages: English

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About Martha

Martha Kilgore is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people navigate hard moments. She uses a straightforward, compassionate style to help clients facing grief, depression, relationship strain, addiction concerns, and family stress. Martha draws on 25 years of experience in Alabama to offer steady support while people figure out next steps.

Her work begins by listening to each person’s story and identifying strengths to build on. She leans on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at patterns in how people connect and respond to strong feelings.

Background and approach

She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify what matters and take small meaningful steps toward those values. Sessions are practical and conversational. Martha mixes tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches when helpful, such as tracking thoughts, practicing new coping skills, and learning ways to handle intense emotions.

This helps people make changes that fit their daily life. She has worked with a wide range of concerns over her career, including caregiving stress, blended family issues, abandonment, and trauma. Martha explains options clearly and helps people decide which skills to try first.

Her goal is to help people feel more able to manage challenges and move toward better routines and relationships. Martha offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She guides people through a simple start process and supports gradual progress at a pace that fits each person.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Martha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Family conflicts
Grief
Self esteem
Depression
Addictions
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Career difficulties
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Emptiness
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Martha names

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Online support

How Martha blends therapy methods for online care

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people examine patterns in how they respond to strong emotions and relate to others, making it useful for relationship strain, attachment concerns, and intense grief. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to name what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, which often helps with depression, anxiety, and motivation struggles. Client-Centered Therapy centers the persons own goals and perspective, offering a supportive space to process feelings and decide on next steps.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Martha will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods that match the situation and adjust the plan as progress is made, so therapy stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls let the therapist and client work in real time and use visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow more frequent touchpoints and flexible communication between scheduled sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns can Martha address?

Martha works with concerns including grief, depression, addictions, relationship and family stress, self-esteem, career strain, trauma and compassion fatigue.

What is her approach in sessions?

She combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with acceptance and commitment principles, and draws on cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques when useful.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 25 years of professional experience working with a variety of emotional and relational concerns.

Where is she licensed to practice?

She is an LPC licensed in Alabama.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are available by video call, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does pricing work?

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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