

I work with adults from all backgrounds and experiences. I will help you achieve your goals, reduce symptoms, and develop the life you envision.
I have 12 years’ experience counseling all backgrounds and ages including men, women, mothers, professionals, veterans, and teens who have dealt with anxiety, depression, addiction, family and career issues, etc. My clients often tell me that I have a unique way of explaining ideas and perspectives to them that makes it easy for them to understand and apply.
As a licensed marriage and family therapist, I offer services as a life and relationship strategist, family mediator and educator. I believe relationships are fundamental to mental health, healthy families, as well as social and emotional wellbeing; thereby mitigating depression, anxiety and major mental illness disorders. For the past 15+ years my profession includes private practice, Certified Florida Supreme Court Family Mediator and Parent Coordinator, and Arizona Superior Court Family Center of Conciliation Court as a Counselor/Mediator. My current practice in the Jacksonville Florida area, provides counseling and psychotherapy/education groups and therapy with individuals experiencing difficulty adjusting with life cycle change, couples and families experiencing communication, cohesiveness, conflict, parenting and emotional/mental distress from both family and work.
My education includes Bachelors degree in Psychology and Theology, a Master's Degree in Marriage & Family Therapy and a Doctorate in Christian Counseling.
I'm Juan Carlos Martell, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida who believes therapy should feel like a real conversation — not a clinical evaluation. My approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Existential Therapy to help us work through what's weighing you down while reconnecting with what actually matters to you.
I work with adults and teens in navigating anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship challenges, self-doubt, and the quiet question of "is this really the life I want?" Sessions with me are warm, practical, and free of jargon. You'll leave with tools you can actually use — not just insight, but real strategies for your everyday life.
Outside the therapy room, I'm a published author of The Adventures of Kevin & Friends, a children's mental health book series designed to help families talk openly about emotions. I'm also the creator of PsychLife on Instagram, where I make psychology accessible for everyone, and the founder of MindfulPractice, an upcoming mental health app rooted in CBT, ACT, and mindfulness.
Everything I do comes back to one mission: making mental health real, relatable, and within reach. You don't have to figure it out alone.
Be the artist of your own life.
— Juan Carlos Martell, LMHC


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