- Warm interactive style
- Focus on codependency
- Skills and mindfulness
About Martha
Martha "Grace" Marquez is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with more than two decades of practice. She focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and relationship concerns. Many come to her for help with codependency and drug or alcohol problems, as well as grief, trauma, and struggles with self-esteem and intimacy.
Her style is warm and interactive. She aims to treat people with respect and without labels. Sessions are tailored to each person's needs rather than following one fixed method.
Grace draws on a mix of practical approaches. She uses cognitive and mindfulness-based tools to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding. She also blends skills-based techniques from dialectical behavior therapy with client-centered listening to support long-term change.
Her background includes work across a variety of settings and management roles. That experience shaped her comfort working in individual and group situations and addressing co-occurring issues alongside addictions. She brings a strengths-focused mindset to real-life problems like family conflict, eating concerns, and bipolar mood swings.
Expect straightforward talk and concrete skills to practice between sessions. Grace helps people set goals, test small changes, and build routines that fit daily life. If someone is ready to start, she supports that first step toward a more manageable, satisfying life.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then commit to actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and codependency patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with concrete behavioral experiments to reduce symptoms like worry, low mood, or problematic coping. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, brings practical skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance and can help when emotions feel overwhelming or when substance use becomes a way to cope.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then try methods that fit the client's situation. That collaboration helps shape what is used in sessions over time rather than locking into one single model from the start.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments around work, school, or caregiving duties and to use session time for skills practice and short check-ins when life is busy. It can also reduce travel time and let people focus on concrete tools between meetings, which supports steady progress toward recovery and healthier relationships.
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Experience
21+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. Other areas include relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, eating issues, anger, self-esteem, bipolar concerns, and LGBT-related challenges.
What is her general therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is warm and interactive with a strengths-based focus. She blends cognitive, mindfulness, and client-centered approaches and uses practical skills people can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional experience working in a variety of settings and in management roles, often addressing addictions and co-occurring conditions.
What credentials and location are listed for this clinician?
She is a Florida LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and billing 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 this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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