Martha Dianne (Marty) Burke

Martha Dianne (Marty) Burke earned an undergraduate degree in Physical Education and English from the University of Texas at Arlington and later completed a master’s degree in Counseling at the University of Texas at Denton. Before entering the counseling field she taught high school English and coached women’s volleyball, basketball, track, and cross country, experience she finds has strengthened her work as a therapist.

Marty connects easily with people, builds trust quickly, and combines teaching and motivational skills to help clients move toward their goals. Her background includes work with military service members and their families, having served as a Department of Defense counselor and as a Military Family Life Counselor.

She has experience addressing substance use concerns, including counseling individuals who were ordered to treatment by the courts. Over a 28-year career she has provided counseling in both private practice and full-time roles, first with Dallas County Probation, then with the Department of Defense, and later as a consultant with MHN supporting the military community.

Marty uses an eclectic approach, adapting methods to what resonates with each person and focusing on achievable growth. She believes everyone deserves to feel safe and content and commits her best efforts to help clients reach those outcomes.

Because much of her caseload has included trauma work, Marty often incorporates inner child healing when appropriate. For people raised in dysfunctional homes or who have experienced abuse or trauma, she works to reconnect with the parts of the self that hold early feelings, supporting emotional regulation and a greater sense of comfort in everyday life. She holds a Texas professional counselor license (TX LPC 10438), qualifying her to practice in the state.