Hi! My name is Sara Martin and I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from Pocahontas, Arkansas. You can scroll towards the bottom and find my background, education and qualifications, but what I want to focus on first is you. Why you’re here and what you’re dealing with.

It can be personally challenging to search for and reach out to a counselor. Be it pride, or doubt that it’ll work; fear of judgment; fear to tell your stories that no others know; fear of what might be discovered in the process. The thing is, all of that fear and doubt is included in what I’m trying to help you manage. All of that is anxiety, brought to mind by the very life experiences, traumas, and happenings that bring you here now.

My number one priority is to help you feel better about yourself, your life, your past, present and future, and to then help you build a foundation for a better life and mindset moving forward. Am I the best counselor for you? I don’t know! If I feel that I am and I know that I can help you, I’ll tell you. If I’m not, I’ll tell you that, too, and connect you with someone who I think might be..

Whether it’s me you reach out to or not isn’t what’s important. What’s important is YOU. Your mental health; your state of mind; your career; your LIFE. And instilling the idea that sometimes you need more than your traditional support system. It’s not always easy. The process, even just getting started, requires courage and commitment. I’ll listen plenty, judge never and give the hard truths sometimes. But my primary focus doesn’t change: Meaningful results for you.

I might not always know what you’re going through, but my commitment to listening, learning and understanding never wavers. Your time with me is your time, for emotion, revelation and to simply talk! There’s no rigid structure — we’re a team. A collaborative team, with the same goal, that works together on the principles of trust, honesty, compassion and determination.