Meet our Team
Cierra Martino, LPCC, NCE
Cierra Martino
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate
Cierra is a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC) and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) with a deep understanding of cultural competence and identity formation as a lifelong process. She recognizes the unique perspectives shaped by each individual's personal, relational, social and environmental experiences. Cierra supports children, teenagers, and adults by encouraging self-reflection and advocacy, increasing emotional awareness, and exploring effective coping strategies for conflict management. She strives to create a supportive environment where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered. Her work with couples and families focuses on relationship strengthening, navigating life transitions such as navigating parenthood, co-parenting, conflict resolution, communication techniques, and healthy separation strategies. Regardless of the circumstances, Cierra provides a non-judgmental space that encourages self-exploration, vulnerability, and healing to increase the joy of life for all clients.
Cierra's professional journey began as a health coach, where she dedicated several years to guiding clients toward their nutrition, exercise, and stress management goals. This role allowed her to connect deeply with clients and understand the various obstacles they faced. Driven by a desire to provide more comprehensive support, she pursued a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a specialization in Marriage, Families, and Couples. She also holds a Bachelor's degree in Health and Human Physiology from the University of Iowa.
Fun facts: Cierra grew up in Iowa, and lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Charleston, South Carolina prior to moving to Colorado. She enjoys watching competitive bake shows, listening to true-crime podcasts, and getting plenty of fresh air outdoors while biking, hiking, kayaking, or hosting family and friends for a back-yard barbecue.
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
Cierra’s Therapeutic Approach
She uses Motivational Interviewing techniques to best understand client’s challenges, motivations, and goals. Cierra incorporates these techniques while also infusing therapeutic knowledge of Internal Family System and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, putting the client at the center of their therapeutic journey while offering support and validation from an empathetic standpoint.
Looking to contact Cierra directly?
Feel free to give her a call at (970) 999-0440 x4 or email her at cierramartino@moonrisetherapyandwellness.com.
Clinical training:
Psychodynamic Family Systems
Attachment-based Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Cierra’s Specializations
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Couples Therapy
Cierra helps couples to find deeper, more meaningful connection. She is skilled in working with couples facing a wide array of challenges including, but not limited to reconciliation, life transitions, co-parenting, conflict resolution, communication difficulties, and healthy separation.
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Individual Therapy
Cierra support kids, teens, and adults as they navigate life’s ups and downs. She help clients disentangle emotions that previously may have felt too big or uncomfortable to acknowledge. In working with Cierra, you’ll develop coping skills to process and express emotions in ways that feel healthier. She offers a warm, supportive, and non-judgmental environment during this journey.
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Depression & Anxiety
Depression and anxiety can feel isolating, heavy, and, sometimes, scary to face alone. Cierra helps clients to address, not only the day to day impacts of your depression or anxiety, but also identify and treat the underlying causes of your symptoms.