Martha McKenzie

Martha McKenzie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Georgia with 25 years of experience supporting teenagers and adults through a wide range of life challenges. She pursued higher education after marriage, raising a child, and a later divorce, earning both a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work from Florida State University. In 2010 she obtained her Georgia LCSW credential, which enabled her to work privately with clients facing many different concerns.

Her life experiences inform her work and help her connect with others facing personal transitions. She is also able to provide counseling in Spanish, a skill she developed through high school and college study and influenced by a family background that valued languages.

Over the years Martha has worked with clients across the age span, including children, teenagers, adults, and older adults. She has experience addressing depression, anxiety, stress, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, ADHD, trauma and emotional abuse, domestic violence, parenting and family problems, and substance use.

Martha emphasizes ADHD work with teenagers and adults as a central specialty. She has followed developments in the field for many years, attending workshops, seminars, and webinars, following ADHD resources online, and subscribing to Additude magazine. She is particularly attentive to how ADHD can present differently in females, where symptoms have often been overlooked or masked.

Her counseling style is warm, casual, and interactive. Martha integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness-based approaches, and psychodynamic perspectives into individualized care. She also offers Christian counseling when appropriate and can provide services in Spanish.

Goals are developed collaboratively and tailored to each person’s needs, with the client’s input central to the plan. Martha welcomes the opportunity to meet, support, and empower people taking steps toward a more fulfilling and balanced life.