Rita Martin, DBH, LA | Mind Diagnostics

Licensed

Online Counseling

(51 reviews)

DBH, LPC, NCC Dr. Rita Martin

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

Mental health conditions are real, common and treatable.

And recovery is possible.

Dr. Rita Martin is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

More about me

Licensing: DBH, LPC, NCC Years in Practice: 8 State: Louisiana

I see counseling as a process in which you the client, and I, the counselor, having come to understand and trust one another, work as a team to explore and define present problem situations, develop future goals for an improved life and work in a systematic fashion toward realizing those goals.

I focus on clients self-awareness, self-acceptance, and empower them to change self-sabotaging behaviors.

I earned a Master of Arts degree in Student Personnel Services, Counseling from Northwestern State University of Louisiana in May 2011 and a Doctor of Behavioral Health from Arizona State University in December 2017. I am licensed as a Professional Counselor (#5115) with the Louisiana LPC Board of Examiners at 11410 Lake Sherwood Ave. North Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70816, (225) 295-8444. On May 12, 2020, I became licensed as a Professional Counselor (#83930) by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors in Austin, Texas. On March 25, 2022, I became licensed as a Professional Counselor (#C6691) by the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists (OBLPCT) in Salem, Oregon.

About online counseling

Online counseling allows you to receive care from an online mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Issues: Stress Anxiety Trauma and abuse Parenting issues Self esteem Depression Addictions Relationship issues Family conflicts Grief Sleeping disorders Anger management Compassion fatigue ADHD
Languages Spoken: English

Services offered

Professional, confidential, and judgment-free

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I've enjoyed working with Dr. Martin so much! She has helped me maneuver through some heavy personal work. I appreciate her knowledge as well as her humor. Both are vital!

Dr Martin is very compassionate and intuitive & offers advice & ideas vs just saying "that's really difficult or stressful " like so many counselors do that is patronizing. She is a true testament of what a good therapist is.

Excellent therapist

Dr. Rita has been very encouraging and helpful to me so far. She helps put into words what I am trying to articulate and she has given me some really great advice on some family issues and feeling burnt out in Motherhood. My family has already benefited from some of the ideas she encouraged me that I’ve implemented. I am very thankful for my weekly chat with Dr. Rita.

Dr. Martin was an incredible support to me as I processed some difficult circumstances in my life. I appreciate her great listening skills, thoughtful responses, and the beneficial tools she shared to help me get to the bottom of my issues and build up my relationships going forward. I highly recommend her!

I have been working with Dr Martin for about 3 weeks now. She is extremely helpful and patient. She listens and gives tools that are relevant. I am already seeing improvement in my mindset and ability to see how the tools provided are extremely helpful. I really appreciate Dr Martin’s help and am very grateful for her and her support.

Dr. Martin is a kind and gentle soul who listens attentively and offers encouragement and suggestions for dealing with your concerns. She gives you exercises to work on between sessions and tries to teach you to steer your thoughts in a positive direction. She responded to messages in a timely manner and showed up on time to our sessions. She has already helped me a lot!

The ti me I've spent with Dr. Martin has helped me gather tools to help maneuver through life with more ease and less anxiety. She's a very compassionate therapist, wholly professional, yet she brings her background and upbringing to make me realize that many of us have had difficult childhoods. The goal is to use those experiences to help others and to be able to feel better.

She really helped me and drastically changed the way I thought about myself. Highly recommend. She helped me pull myself out of a hole I thought it would be impossible to get out of. 10/10

This is my first experience with online therapy and I have little experience with therapy at all. My goal was to mend gaps within my family, I am learning how my perspectives and how I feel about myself contribute to those gaps. Dr. Martin is professional, yet comfortable and empathetic. I can contact her easily and she responds quickly. I highly recommend her.

We had one session and felt really good about working with her.

Dr. Martin is great. I would recommend Dr. Martin to everyone. She has been very helpful in my journey. I appreciate Dr. Martin and owe her a lot for my development.

Dr. Martin was a very positive and goal-oriented therapist.

I feel that Dr. Martin has understood my concerns and responded with helpful insight and questions that further my own insight. In this process of a few chats with her, I feel that some weight I was feeling has lifted. She provided a positive experience and I would appreciate a return to her if I find the need again.

After the passing of my Father, I was in complete shock and heavy grief. I knew immediately that I needed help, but it was going to be someone who could truly understand where I was coming from. Dr Martin quite possibly saved my life. I'm glad it never got to that point of thinking, but it very well could have. Over 4.5 months, we spoke about everything I was feeling, and I learned talking about it was the only way I was going to heal. She gave me new perspectives and tools to use moving forward to grieve, but also help my new focus on life. I cannot thank her enough for what she did for me.

Amazing!

Dr. Martin is excellent! I started BetterHelp when I was really struggling with some things, and was fortunately matched with Dr. Martin. She helped me work through some things and taught me skills that I will continue to use forever.

I came to Rita what felt like helpless and broken. She was there to talk and text whenever I needed support. I am a 100% changed person and can manage life easily on my own now. And I am so great full for that!

Our time together was brief due to my schedule but I felt she listened really well and offered great insight and would highly recommend her to others. Thank you.

Dr. Martin has helped me mold into a person I never knew I could be!

I may have to discontinue therapy for financial reasons but it has nothing to do with the quality of therapy I’ve received. Dr. Martin has been compassionate and straightforward, and very easy to talk to.

Only my second session with Dr. Martin and already feel a form of relief. Very thankful I was paired with her!

Dr Martin has given me insight and tools to change patterns and has been very kind and helpful. This is a great experience. I am very thankful!

Dr. Martin is caring, professional and excellent. Her suggestions are a great help. She also provides information and worksheets, etc... All of which have been highly effective. We are very happy with her as our counsellor.

Dr Martin provides a listening ear and helps me calm myself down.

Dr. Martin has helped me grow and become stronger as a person in just a few short months. I highly recommend betterhelp to anyone who has struggles in their life.

Dr. Martin is a great therapist. She is very easy to talk to and made me feel comfortable sharing things that I usually wouldn't say to anyone. She's very knowledgeable and sent a variety of resources to help me. Dr. Martin is always on times for our sessions and responded promptly to my messages and gave feedback on tasks I completed. I also love that she didnt make me feel pressured to getting them done.

Caring!

I've only had a couple of sessions with Dr. Martin so far, but I already feel very safe with her. She really listens and gives me time to express myself. Dr Martin takes me as I am and builds me up in spirit with her kind words. I feel respected and understood, and the feelings I express are validated by her. She also offers helpful tools and strategies that I can practice in order to heal and become who I want to be.

Dr Martin is a Wonderful Therapist! I really appreciate her helping me to get back on track.

Amazing teacher and listener!

Dr. Martin. You are an amazing counselor/therapist. You have helped me so much and encouraged me to be okay with who I am as a person. You have also talked with me about anything that has been troubling, and I appreciate you taking all of what is going on in my life and redirecting it to self-reflection and discovery. I appreciate all of what you’ve done and I would love to come back to you anytime because of how helpful you are!

Dr. Martin has been a blessing and huge support for me. She isn’t just a counselor but feels like family. I have grown so much within myself and with my family. I’m grateful for her and what she has done.

I've been so grateful to work with Dr. Martin for 3 months; it's been life changing. She is full of creative ideas, such as pointing me to qi gong for relaxation, good books to read, and doing a hypnosis and healing session that felt like a breath of fresh air. She is an excellent listener and so kind. She really took the time to get to know me. Meeting with her has been a true highlight of my weeks. My anxiety and other symptoms have improved. I would recommend her highly to all!

Dr. Martin has an exceptional skill of honing in on issues. She comes up with easy realistic goals for me to work my way through the issues. I think she is an exceptional doctor and I will continue to see her.

I have just started and I already feel like I’ve made more progress on self reflection and acceptance. It’s still hard but I know I can talk to someone now

I have tried betterhelp before and not found a compatible counsellor due to my complex persona. Dr Martin is perceptive, warm and firm when needed. I fully recommend her.

Dr Martin is one of the most inspiring human beings alive. She has helped me turn my life around and become a better version of myself. I would recommend Dr. Martin to all of my friends as she is kind, understanding and assertive. I am aspiring to possess these qualities and therapy has helped me focus my energy on being a better husband and a better human being.

Dr. Martin is an amazing counsellor, not only because of her knowledge and skills as a therapist, but also because she offers an abundance of helpful tools and exercises and - above all - has a very human and warm approach that builds trust very quickly. I highly recommend her.

Great insight.

Dr. Martin makes time for me, and stays in touch through the multiple options of video calling, chat, or phone. She is very personable and nonjudgemental. She makes me very comfortable in expressing my thoughts and feelings to her, and encourages me to use the tools she provides and available on the BetterHelp site. I always feel better after talking to her.

Dr. Martin is extremely helpful. She listens to me and breaks down my thoughts to get to the root of where it comes from. She responds fast and provides additional information to help guide me. I enjoyed talking to her. She made it easy to open up and allow me to be myself and see my true self more. I would highly recommend her to anyone!

I just started therapy but so far working with Dr. Martin has been the best experience I've had. I look forward to continuing with her.

I'm very grateful that BetterHelp matched me with Dr Martin! She is very easy to talk to and always gives great advices. She helped me A LOT with my anxiety and other problems that I had! I can't thank her enough. :)

Dr. Martin has helped me to identify areas in my life that are causing me extreme anxiety. She’s very compassionate and truly cares. She is up front and honest about the work that you will need to put in and doesn’t sugar coat things. I appreciate that in more ways than I can express at this given time.

Dt. Martin has been an invaluable help to me. Her insights have been very beneficial. She has helped me grow as a person and understand myself and what I have been through better. I can’t thank her enough.

Dr. Martin has been very helpful in being a solutions oriented therapist. In previous experiences in therapy, I've always felt a rush to finish in a certain amount of time, and I've never felt such an organic meeting in my 'in-life' sessions with professionals before. I'm very happy so far in my experience with Dr. Martin!

I feel grateful to have been able to talk with Dr. Martin! She was there when I needed someone while I was going through a very sad time. She gives her honest advice and talks with kindness and compassion. I hope to work more with her in the coming weeks to help me understand myself more and become a stronger and better version of myself.

I have really enjoyed Dr. Martin and her expertise in inner child work and PTSD. Dr. Martin is very easy to talk to and offers tools and resources at the right time. She has been supportive, has challenged me and allowed me to grow deeper in understanding myself without feeling alone or overwhelmed by my emotions. I recommend Dr. Martin.

Dr. Martin has been such a blessing to me the past 3 weeks! I’m so grateful I was matched with her and she is helping me tremendously!

Dr. Martin was very kind and understanding. She made sure to follow up on me even when I did not respond. She was very supportive, understanding and helpful.

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