{"id":460,"date":"2025-08-29T17:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/?page_id=460"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:47:56","slug":"dr-ali-martinez","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/?page_id=460","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ali Martinez"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Ali Martinez, Ph.D. (She\/Her)
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Telephone \u2013 352-376-5543, press 2<\/p>

Email \u2013 ali@gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com<\/a><\/p>

Despl\u00e1cese hacia abajo para espa\u00f1ol<\/p>

Alexandra (Ali) Martinez, PhD, LMFT received her Masters, Specialist, and Doctoral degrees from the University of Florida\u2019s Counselor Education program. Early in her career, Ali developed a passion for working with trauma and individuals\/communities in acute distress, which then launched her into the field of suicide prevention. Ali had the honor of working as the Training Coordinator at the Alachua County Crisis Center for seven years, helping countless volunteers build connections with community members in emotional crisis. She continued volunteering with the Center while working with the college student population for two years at the University of Florida Counseling and Wellness Center. Returning to the Crisis Center as Director in 2014, Ali led the Center through the expansion of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, local crisis and disaster lines, as well as the mobile crisis response team and therapy services. Ali now dedicates her time to working directly with clients and to training and education programs on mental health, wellness, stress management\/burnout prevention, and crisis and suicide intervention. Ali has over 25 years of experience as a clinician and has offered over 3000 hours of training and consultations on crisis intervention, relational\/family counseling, systems work, and suicide prevention.<\/p>

Ali’s roots as a therapist actually began here at the Gainesville Family Institute in 1998 when she was an undergrad and eventually a graduate student intern.\u00a0Ali’s work as a therapist was heavily inspired by her time at GFI and is grounded in narrative, systemic, and oppression-sensitive approaches to counseling. In her over 20 years at the Crisis Center she also found herself drawing deeply from humanistic traditions, believing that healing begins in a collaborative, authentic relationship – one where the client’s story, voice, and values guide the process.\u00a0<\/p>

Areas of Specialization:<\/p>

-Academic
-Anxiety
-Career Counseling
-Counselor Support and Development
-Couples and Polyamory Relationships
-Cultural Identity
-Depression
-Divorce\/Seperation
-Existential and Identity Issues
-Gender Issues\/Identity
-Grief
-LGBTQI+
-Non-Monogamy
-Trauma\/PTSD
-Suicide Prevention
-Servicios en Espa\u00f1ol Disponible<\/p>

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Alexandra (Ali) Mart\u00ednez, PhD, LMFT\u00a0recibi\u00f3 su Maestr\u00eda, Especialista y Doctorado en el programa de Educaci\u00f3n en Consejer\u00eda de la Universidad de Florida. Desde temprano en su carrera, Ali desarroll\u00f3 una pasi\u00f3n por trabajar con el trauma y con personas\/comunidades en situaciones de angustia aguda, lo que la llev\u00f3 al campo de la prevenci\u00f3n del suicidio.<\/p>

Ali tuvo el honor de desempe\u00f1arse como Coordinadora de Capacitaci\u00f3n en el\u00a0Alachua County Crisis Center\u00a0durante siete a\u00f1os, ayudando a innumerables voluntarios a crear conexiones con miembros de la comunidad en crisis emocional. Continu\u00f3 como voluntaria en el Centro mientras trabajaba con la poblaci\u00f3n universitaria durante dos a\u00f1os en el\u00a0University of Florida Counseling and Wellness Center. En 2014 regres\u00f3 al Centro de Crisis como Directora, liderando su expansi\u00f3n en la implementaci\u00f3n de la l\u00ednea nacional 988 de Suicidio y Crisis, as\u00ed como las l\u00edneas locales de crisis y desastres, el equipo m\u00f3vil de respuesta a crisis y los servicios de terapia.<\/p>

Actualmente, Ali dedica su tiempo a trabajar directamente con clientes y a programas de capacitaci\u00f3n y educaci\u00f3n en salud mental, bienestar, manejo del estr\u00e9s, prevenci\u00f3n del agotamiento, e intervenci\u00f3n en crisis y suicidio. Ali cuenta con m\u00e1s de 25 a\u00f1os de experiencia como cl\u00ednica y ha ofrecido m\u00e1s de 3000 horas de formaci\u00f3n y consultas sobre intervenci\u00f3n en crisis, consejer\u00eda relacional\/familiar, trabajo sist\u00e9mico y prevenci\u00f3n del suicidio.<\/p>

Las ra\u00edces de Ali como terapeuta en realidad comenzaron aqu\u00ed en el Gainesville Family Institute en 1998, cuando era estudiante de pregrado y, posteriormente, pasante de posgrado. El trabajo de Ali como terapeuta estuvo profundamente inspirado por su tiempo en GFI y se fundamenta en enfoques narrativos, sist\u00e9micos y sensibles a la opresi\u00f3n en la consejer\u00eda. En sus m\u00e1s de 20 a\u00f1os en el Crisis Center, tambi\u00e9n se encontr\u00f3 recurriendo profundamente a las tradiciones humanistas, convencida de que la sanaci\u00f3n comienza en una relaci\u00f3n colaborativa y aut\u00e9ntica, en la que la historia, la voz y los valores del cliente gu\u00edan el proceso.<\/p>

\u00c1reas de especializaci\u00f3n:<\/p>

\u2022Acad\u00e9mico
\u2022Ansiedad
\u2022Consejer\u00eda de carrera
\u2022Apoyo y desarrollo de consejeros
\u2022Parejas y relaciones poliamorosas
\u2022Identidad cultural
\u2022Depresi\u00f3n
\u2022Divorcio\/Separaci\u00f3n
\u2022Cuestiones existenciales e identitarias
\u2022Cuestiones\/Identidad de g\u00e9nero
\u2022Duelo
\u2022LGBTQI+
\u2022No monogamia
\u2022Trauma\/TEPT
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Dr. Ali Martinez, Ph.D. (She\/Her) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Telephone \u2013 352-376-5543, press 2 Email \u2013 ali@gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com Despl\u00e1cese hacia abajo para espa\u00f1ol Alexandra (Ali) Martinez, PhD, LMFT received her Masters, Specialist, and Doctoral degrees from the University of Florida\u2019s Counselor Education program. Early in her career, Ali developed a passion for working with trauma […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/460\/revisions\/564"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gainesvillefamilyinstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}