Martha Green, LPC

Martha Green is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing addiction, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, and low self-esteem. She writes and talks in a direct, respectful way and focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life. Martha works to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear.

With ten years of experience, Martha adapts sessions to meet an individual's needs. She builds simple plans together with clients, using tools that address unhelpful thoughts, emotional reactions, and patterns in relationships. Sessions focus on concrete skills and small experiments people can try between meetings.

Martha draws from cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and shift thought patterns that keep problems going. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in what matters to the person in front of her. For relationship concerns she brings in elements from emotionally-focused work and the Gottman Method to improve communication and repair connection.

Her approach is direct but warm. She listens first, then helps set clear, realistic goals. People leave sessions with practical steps and a plan to try before the next meeting.

Martha practices in Missouri and offers services in English. She supports clients who are willing to do the work between sessions and who want concrete tools to manage emotions, rebuild trust, or change behaviors that no longer serve them.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Many of Martha's methods translate well to online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and helping the person guide the pace and focus of each session to match their needs. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and shift strong emotions and build safer emotional connections in relationships.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Martha will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and recommend strategies that seem most useful. She treats the process as collaborative and adjusts methods as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging provide flexible, written ways to process thoughts between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and keep momentum between sessions.