Martha Kilgore helps people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or worn down by life’s challenges.
01About Martha
Martha Kilgore helps people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or worn down by life’s challenges. She provides steady support for common problems like grief, low self-esteem, depression, addiction concerns, and relationship or family stress. Martha is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - with 25 years of experience and practices from Alabama.
Her style is straightforward and respectful. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Conversations are practical and aimed at small, doable changes that make daily life easier. Martha draws on a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral methods to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
She also brings in acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients clarify values and take meaningful steps forward. Sessions can focus on grieving a loss, repairing communication, handling caregiver stress, or managing symptoms of trauma and depression. She also supports people dealing with adoption or foster care issues, abandonment, blended family challenges, and illness-related stress.
Martha works with people coping with compassion fatigue, co-morbidity, and personality-related challenges like avoidant or dependent patterns. Her aim is to help people find clearer direction, steadier moods, and better ways to handle everyday demands. She offers phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging sessions to fit different schedules and needs.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
02Credentials
- LPC (Alabama)
- License LPC02005 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1093870446 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Martha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Martha names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Martha names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approaches that translate well to online care
Martha commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match their values. This approach can help with grief, burnout, and problems that leave people feeling helpless.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and trying different behaviors to change mood and routine. It works well for depression, anxiety, and for building concrete coping strategies that clients can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Martha will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful, then tailor methods from these approaches to fit each person. The plan can change over time based on what’s effective.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy or unpredictable schedules. Video calls let therapists observe nonverbal cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth for easier connection, and messaging or live chat allow for shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving duties, or days when being on camera isn’t ideal.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of problems can Martha help with?
She works with concerns such as grief, depression, low self-esteem, addictions, relationship and family stress, career strain, trauma and compassion fatigue.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Martha focuses on practical conversation and skill-building. She helps clients identify strengths, set small goals, and try changes that fit their daily life.
How much experience does she have?
Martha has 25 years of professional work experience supporting people through grief, relationship problems, and stress-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in Alabama as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor and provides services from that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility for different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
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?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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