Michele San Martin

Michele San Martin is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, relationship struggles, grief, and life changes. Michele aims to make starting therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's strengths.

She believes clients are the experts on their own stories. Sessions focus on building on what already works while gently addressing what gets in the way. Michele offers straightforward, practical conversations that help people notice patterns and try new responses.

Her approach combines a few different methods to match each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the conversation focused on the client's goals and perspectives. Jungian ideas and mindfulness practices are used when exploring patterns and increasing present-moment awareness.

Michele also uses brief solution-focused strategies to set clear goals and test small changes between sessions. Over time this mix helps people manage symptoms, improve communication, and find better ways to respond to stress and anger. She supports parents dealing with parenting strain and people working through complicated grief and trauma.

To start, Michele encourages a calm first step: a short matching process and a scheduled session. She aims to work collaboratively so clients leave with usable skills and clearer next steps.

How Michele’s approaches translate to online work

Michele uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions focused on the client's perspective and goals. This approach emphasizes listening, reflecting back what matters, and shaping the work around what the client finds most useful. It helps clarify priorities and build trust in the therapeutic relationship.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is another common approach she uses. CBT helps identify patterns of thought and behavior that increase stress or anger and introduces practical experiments to test new ways of responding. It works well for anxiety, sleep problems, low mood, and managing anger in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Michele will work with the client to decide which methods fit best for their goals, preferences, and what they want to change. The collaboration includes trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They can also let people use mindfulness or CBT exercises in real time within their daily routine.