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Online therapist

Martine Baron

Calm guidance for everyday family challenges

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
20 years
Licensed in
New York, Connecticut
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Martine

Martine Baron is an LCSW with 20 years of clinical experience based in New York. She greets people with warmth and a practical orientation. Martine aims to help clients address stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting questions, career shifts, grief, and family concerns.

She acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and offers steady support from the first session. Martine keeps sessions straightforward and focused. She listens without judgement and looks for the strengths already present.

Background and approach

Together with each person she sets clear goals and identifies small, doable steps toward them. Her style combines compassion with practical tools so people can try changes between sessions. Her background includes training in multiple therapeutic approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.

She also has experience with motivational interviewing and trauma-informed care. Martine mentions that faith-based techniques can be included when a client requests them. People who meet with Martine often work on communication problems, codependency, grief and loss, life direction, and stress related to caregiving or aging.

She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, fertility concerns, immigration-related stress, and isolation or loneliness. Martine combines practical strategies with attention to emotional experience. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.

Martine encourages clients to try techniques between appointments and to notice what helps. Her approach is collaborative: she and the client decide what changes to try and how to track progress over time.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a respectful space. The therapist follows the client’s pace, reflects what they say, and helps people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try specific exercises to reduce anxiety, lift mood, or change habits.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Martine will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit. She adapts techniques over time, checking in to see what is working and what needs to change so the plan stays practical and useful.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and for people who live far from a therapist’s office. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions provide a simple option without video, and live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins or ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and to try approaches consistently while staying connected with a licensed professional.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Martine focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting questions, career issues, and grief. Additional areas include attachment, codependency, caregiver stress, and life purpose.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and practical. She listens openly, highlights strengths, and sets clear goals with simple steps to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Martine has 20 years of experience in social work and counseling, using a variety of techniques and trauma-informed practices.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW with New York and Connecticut license details: NY LCSW 063659 and CT LCSW 12763, and she practices from New York.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Martine offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
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?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
20 years
Licensed
New York, Connecticut
Languages
English

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