Kelly Martin, MEd, LPC-S, RPT-S
Kelly Martin founded The Playroom Lubbock in 2015 with a vision of providing specialized counseling services for children and adolescents through Play Therapy while building a collaborative team of clinicians dedicated to supporting families. Kelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S).
She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Lubbock Christian University and her Master of Education in Counseling from University of North Texas. Kelly works with children and adolescents using Child-Centered Play Therapy along with expressive arts, activity therapy, sand tray therapy, and sensorimotor-based interventions to help children process emotions, strengthen relationships, and work through behavioral, emotional, developmental, and social challenges.
Kelly is also trained in Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), an evidence-based approach that actively involves parents and caregivers in the therapeutic process to strengthen the child-parent relationship and support growth beyond the therapy room. She has additionally completed her Level 1 DIRFloortime® certification, a developmental and relationship-based intervention often used with children experiencing educational, social-emotional, developmental, sensory, or mental health challenges.
In addition to her counseling work, Kelly serves as an adjunct professor at Lubbock Christian University and provides play therapy services within rural Head Start programs across the South Plains region, increasing access to early childhood mental health support for underserved communities.
Kelly also provides clinical supervision for provisionally licensed counselors and graduate students pursuing counseling and play therapy training. She is passionate about mentoring future mental health professionals and supporting the development of ethical, relationship-focused, and developmentally responsive counseling practices.
Her professional background also includes experience as a Child Advocate at a domestic violence shelter, a middle school teacher, and an elementary school counselor, all of which continue to inform her compassionate and developmentally responsive approach to counseling.
Kelly is currently accepting appointments for play therapy, child and adolescent counseling, parenting support, professional development opportunities, and clinical supervision services.
From Kelly:
“I believe children are capable of learning, growing, and thriving at home, at school, and within their communities. My goal is to support both children and caregivers by building on their strengths and capacities to foster emotional well-being, creativity, self-direction, responsibility, self-control, and healthy relationships.
I use Child-Centered Play Therapy and DIRFloortime® to create a genuine, empathic, and developmentally supportive therapeutic relationship. Through play, expressive arts, sand tray, activities, and sensory-based experiences, children are given a safe and meaningful way to express themselves, process emotions, and develop new skills for managing life’s challenges.
In play therapy, toys become a child’s words and play becomes their language.”
Email: kelly@playroomlubbock.com
