Martha "Grace" Marquez, LMHC

Martha "Grace" Marquez is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 21 years of professional experience. She earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Florida Atlantic University and a master's degree from Nova Southeastern University, and has worked across a variety of clinical settings and management roles. Much of her practice has focused on addictions and co-occurring conditions, supporting both adolescents and adults as they navigate the challenges that accompany substance-related and addictive disorders.

She has also assisted clients facing depression, anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related concerns, eating issues, bipolar disorder, anger, and struggles with self-esteem. Martha is experienced working with LGBT clients and addressing questions of gender identity. Her work spans individual, family, and group formats, and she brings particular attention to codependency and drug and alcohol addiction.

Martha's counseling style is warm and interactive, rooted in respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and she avoids stigmatizing labels. She practices a blended, technically eclectic model of evidence-based therapies with a strengths-based philosophy, drawing on cognitive-behavioral strategies, mindfulness-informed methods, humanistic principles, and solution-focused techniques. Treatment plans and dialogue are tailored to each person's unique needs. She aims to support and empower clients who are ready to take the courageous step toward a more fulfilling life.