Neil Martin, LCSW

California · 25 years in practice

Neil Martin is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of professional experience.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 22987 · expires January 2027
NPI: 1386863025 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 25
Languages: English

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About Neil

Neil Martin is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of professional experience. He focuses on supporting people who are struggling with sex and porn-related addictive behaviors. He approaches clients with respect, sensitivity, and a nonjudgmental attitude.

Neil shapes sessions around each person's needs and goals. He offers a clear, straightforward approach so people know what to expect. He helps clients talk through patterns, understand triggers, and build practical steps for change.

Background and approach

His practice brings together relationship-focused work and mindfulness. Emotionally-Focused Therapy guides attention to feelings and attachment needs, while client-centered methods create space for each person to lead the pace of therapy. Mindfulness tools help people notice urges and respond differently in the moment.

Neil also uses motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment to change and psychodynamic ideas to examine deeper patterns that may underlie addictive behavior. These ways of working are combined to fit the person's situation rather than used as rigid rules. Sessions may include goal setting, skill practice, and gentle exploration of past experiences that shape current choices.

Neil aims to make the work practical and reachable. He supports people as they try new strategies and track progress over time.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Neil lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Addictions
Intimacy-related issues
Codependency
Drug and alcohol addiction
Infidelity
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Sex addiction
Sexuality

Approaches Neil names

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Online support

Emotion and Mindfulness-Based Care Online

Neil’s work draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name strong feelings that feed repetitive behaviors. EFT aims to bring clarity to attachment needs and the emotional cycles that can drive compulsive sexual or porn use.

He also uses client-centered therapy to keep sessions grounded in each person’s priorities, and mindfulness practices to teach simple ways to observe urges without acting on them. Client-centered work supports self-directed pace and choice, while mindfulness gives tools for the moment-to-moment experience.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy itself. Neil collaborates with each person to select methods that match their goals and preferences, adjusting the balance of emotion work, skills practice, and planning as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions make it possible to work face-to-face when schedules allow. Phone sessions can fit a short break from work, and chat or messaging is useful for quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and fit therapy into everyday life.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Neil address?

He focuses on addictions and intimacy-related issues with special attention to sex and porn-related addictive behaviors and codependency.

What is his therapeutic style like?

He blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy, client-centered care, and mindfulness to attend to emotions, personal goals, and present-moment awareness.

How much experience does he have?

Neil has 25 years of professional work experience as a clinician in behavioral health.

What credentials and location are listed?

He holds an LCSW, licensed in California.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

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