Born in Darlington, South Carolina, Martrell relocated to Washington, DC to pursue a career in Mortuary Science. While serving in the profession and bearing witness to the tragic ways of death that occurred among young people especially, there grew a strong desire to pursue a degree in Social Work to address underlying problems contributing to destructive pathways and a special interest in loss, grief, and trauma.

 Martrell received both a Bachelor and Master’s in Social Work. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore specializing in families and children services. Also, an author of COPE, a self-reflective guide to navigating losses and challenges through understanding your personal experience and the process of grief.

APPROACH
Martrell believes that every individual has unique strengths, and her goal is to build upon these strengths to help clients live the best quality of life that can be achieved in whatever circumstances.

works with individuals who have experienced traumatic grief.

Also, in helping adolescents, adults, and seniors grow through challenging experiences by providing a holistic and diverse approach to include cognitive behavioral, mindfulness based, solution focus, and dialectical behavior therapy.

• Holistic and diverse approach
• Cognitive behavioral
• Mindfulness based
• Solution focus
• Dialectical behavior therapy

HISTORY

• Works at ReGenesis Health Care as a Behavioral Health Counselor in addition to Innovation Counseling Services.
• Residential counselor in Chantilly Virginia helping adults cope with anxiety, depression and grief relating to their mental and physical disabilities.
• Worked in child welfare services helping children/adolescents who experienced trauma, abuse, and neglect as well as families find stabilization.
• Served as a bereavement coordinator in Greenville, South Carolina providing counseling to individuals/families facing end-of-life transition and hospice care.

Martrell is honored to work with Innovation Counseling Services to help individuals learn to cope and reach a healthier and satisfying way of life.