- Stress management
- Emotion regulation
- Communication skills
About Martha
Martha Quattlebaum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with seven years of practice in North Carolina. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, relationship strain, and parenting pressures. Martha focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or stuck even when they appear to be holding everything together.
Her style is direct and collaborative. She helps people name patterns that keep causing pain and then practices skills that make daily life more manageable. Sessions focus on building practical tools for coping, regulating emotions, setting boundaries, and improving communication.
Martha uses a mix of evidence-based techniques in her work. She incorporates elements of cognitive behavioral approaches, cognitive processing work, mindfulness practices, and DBT-informed skills to address symptoms and habits that maintain distress. Trauma-informed care informs how she attends to past hurt while working on current goals.
She has experience supporting people with grief, low self-esteem, burnout, loneliness, people-pleasing, attachment wounds, and relationship difficulties. Martha also has experience with concerns that arise from major life transitions related to family, career, or identity.
Practical steps are a regular part of sessions. Clients and Martha set small, achievable goals and track what works and what doesn’t. The pace is guided by each person’s needs, with an emphasis on clearer understanding and steadier emotional responses over time.
How therapeutic methods translate to online work
Evidence-based cognitive behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence. This helps with worry, avoidance, and many anxiety-related problems by breaking down thinking patterns and practicing new responses.Cognitive processing techniques help people revisit and make sense of difficult experiences so memories have less hold over day-to-day feelings. This can reduce repeated negative thinking and make it easier to try different behaviors in social situations.
Mindfulness practices and DBT-informed skills teach simple, repeatable strategies for staying regulated. These include brief breathing or grounding exercises, distress-tolerance steps, and concrete communication techniques that can be used between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client review goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those aims. Adjustments are made as progress is observed and needs change, so the approach is collaborative and practical.
Session formats are not specified in the profile, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. These practical benefits often make it simpler to keep consistent appointments while working on anxiety, relationships, and stress-related problems.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, relationship strain, and parenting pressures as listed in her profile.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style is direct and collaborative, focusing on practical tools like emotion regulation, boundaries, and communication skills alongside reflective work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience as a clinician working with adults on mood, anxiety, and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats; confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are offered.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.