Suzanne Martinez, LMFT
Illinois · 25 years in practice
Suzanne Martinez is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical work 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 clinical work in Illinois. She helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about relationships, mood, or career choices. Her style is straightforward and practical and aimed at people who need clear steps they can use day to day.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how feelings shape connections and patterns. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to help people notice what matters, accept difficult feelings, and act toward personal values.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and existential ideas are woven in when practical tools and meaning-making help the process. Suzanne’s work often focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, self-esteem, trauma and grief, and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, blended family issues, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, and first responder challenges.
Her range includes career concerns, communication problems, codependency, and coping with big life changes. Clients can expect a strengths-based, collaborative approach. Sessions typically combine listening, reflective questions, and concrete exercises to try between meetings.
Suzanne emphasizes small, doable changes that build momentum over time. She has spent many years teaching and writing about personal well-being and psychological growth, and has worked in university and community settings. Suzanne practices in Illinois and carries the LMFT credential.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- 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
How therapy approaches work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and how they shape close connections and patterns. Online sessions using EFT help people notice and name feelings, and then try new ways of relating or responding that reduce conflict and distance.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take action in line with those values. In remote sessions ACT uses exercises and real-life experiments to reduce avoidance and increase purposeful steps toward goals.
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room and uses empathic listening to build trust and self-awareness. This approach supports people who need a steady, nonjudgmental space to talk through difficult choices and feelings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Suzanne will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She often combines ideas from different approaches so the plan matches practical concerns and what feels most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging suits people who prefer shorter, ongoing contact. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, school, and family obligations.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Suzanne address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and intimacy-related issues. Other areas include addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, parenting strain, and career concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Suzanne uses a strengths-based, collaborative style that mixes listening with concrete exercises. Sessions focus on noticing patterns, trying small changes, and building skills that fit daily life.
What is her clinical background?
She has 25 years of experience working in Illinois and has taught and written about personal well-being and psychological growth. Her practice has included both personal and university settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LMFT credential and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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