Molly Martinez, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Owner & Director
Molly Martinez, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in OCD and anxiety in the Dallas metropolitan area, where she founded SOAR in 2018. Her passion is to help patients struggling with OCD get their lives back through effective, research-based treatment. Dr. Martinez and is also the founder of DFW OCD Treatment Specialists (DOTS), a consultation group for professionals seeking to gain more knowledge about OCD. She is a regular speaker at international professional conferences on the subject of OCD and related disorders. In 2023, Dr. Martinez was honored to join the faculty of the International OCD Foundation’s Behavioral Therapy Training Institute, where she teaches and mentors other professionals alongside world-renowned experts in OCD.
Dr. Martinez is passionate about her work and is also the loving mother of two daughters. An adventurer at heart, she enjoys traveling and exploring new places.
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Dr. Martinez earned her PhD in Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology from The Ohio State University. She completed her internship at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, affiliated with Northwestern University. Over the years, she has trained with and presented alongside leading experts in the OCD and anxiety field, many of whom she now considers mentors and friends.
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Dr.Martinez works with individuals of all ages and families recover from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and related disorders such as body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), tics/Tourette disorder, and health anxiety. She also regularly treats comorbid conditions like depression, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), behavior disorders, and ADHD. Parent education and family involvement are integral to her treatment approach, whether working with children or adults.
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Dr. Martinez has created a culture at SOAR that is grounded in science and committed to evidence-based practice. She and her team focus on empirically supported treatments, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and skills training informed by dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). They are also familiar with Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) for OCD, although it is not yet offered at SOAR. Dr. Martinez is licensed in Texas and is certified through PSYPACT to provide telehealth services in most states in the US
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A regular speaker at international conferences like the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) and the Anxiety Depression Association of America (ADAA), Dr. Martinez presents on a variety of topics including treatment selection for OCD (ERP, ACT & I-CBT), differential diagnosis, parenting children with OCD, telehealth benefits, emerging interventions, clinical ethics, and more. She also travels nationally to train therapists on evidence-based treatment for OCD as part of the faculty for the IOCDF’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute.
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In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Martinez is an advocate for patient rights, especially educating patients and therapists on legal access to in-network insurance benefits when seeing out-of-network specialists (check out our Insurance tab). She is also enthusiastic about mentoring therapists who are interested in specializing in the evidence-based treatment of OCD.
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Diagnostic Assessment/Intake (60 min): $300
Individual Therapy (50 min): $250
SOAR is Out of Network with all insurance. Please see our guidelines on getting a network deficiency exception as a pathway to making treatment more affordable.
SOAR will provide a superbill for you to submit to your insurance for reimbursement.
Selected Publications & Presentations
Martinez, M., Daniels, N., Jacob, M., Springer, A. (2025, July 10-13). Toys, Tunes, Crafts, & Laughs: A Resource for Utilizing Play & Practice in OCD Treatment. [Conference session]. International OCD Foundation 30th Annual OCD Conference, Chicago, IL.
Yip, J., Hudak, R., Martinez, M. (2025, July 10-13). Diagnostic Detectives: Picking OCD Out of the Lineup. [Conference session]. International OCD Foundation 30th Annual OCD Conference, Chicago, IL.
Mansueto, C., Martinez, M., O’Sullivan, R., Tsai, N., Leung, L. (2025, July 10-13). Alphabet Soup Kids: Meeting the Challenge of Treating OCD with Multiple Comorbidities. [Conference session]. International OCD Foundation 30th Annual OCD Conference, Chicago, IL.
Rockwell-Evans, K., Martinez, M., Peterson, N., Hughes, J., Paulsen, R. (2023, July 6-9). Yucky, Ooey, Gross, and Gooey: The Role of Disgust in OCD. International OCD Foundation 28th Annual OCD Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Woodrow, S. Wilhelm, S., Lewis, K., Martinez, M. (2024, April 11-14). Ambitious Women: Being Them, Raising Them, and Mentoring Them. Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2024 Conference, Boston, MA.
Martinez, M., Coyne, L, Hershfield, J., Heady, M. (2024, April 11-14). Tried & True or Novel & New?: Considerations in Treatment Selection for OCD. Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2024 Conference, Boston, MA.
Martinez, M., Storch, E., Twohig, M., Abramowitz, J. (2023, July 6-9). Professional Ethics, Responsibility, & Humility in Evidence-Based Treatment for OCD. International OCD Foundation 28th Annual OCD Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Martinez, M.,Hudak, R., Pittenger, C., Storch, E. (2023, July 6-9). Bioethics of Emerging Medical Interventions for OCD. International OCD Foundation 28th Annual OCD Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Martinez, M., Storch, E., Frederick, R., Anderberg, J. (2023, June 16-17). Ethical Considerations in Psychiatric and Genomics Research. 2nd Congreso Latinoamericano del TOC Latino, Lima, Peru.
Yip J., Reinardy, R., Martinez, M., Massi, M. (2023, April 13-16). Healthy Boundaries: Juggling Professional Responsibilities and Motherhood Demands. Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2021 Conference, Washington, DC.
Wagner, A., Martinez, M. (2022, November 4-6). Navigating Day-to-Day Crises: Proactive, Positive and Preventive Parenting.[Conference session]. 2022 Online OCD Conference, International OCD Foundation, Online.
Martinez, M., Storch, E., Hudak, R., Lokers, L. (2022, July 8-10). Ethical Considerations in the Treatment of OCD. [Conference session]. International OCD Foundation 27th Annual OCD Conference, Denver, CO.
Martinez, M., Penzel., F., Cox, G., Hill, L., Becker, F. (2022, July 8-10). The Cost of Recovery: Maximizing Insurance Benefits to Cover OCD Treatment. [Conference workshop]. International OCD Foundation 27th Annual OCD Conference, Denver, CO.
Martinez, M., Storch, E., Hudak, R. (2021, October 8-10). Bioethical Considerations of Emerging Medical Interventions for OCD. [Conference session]. 2021 Online OCD Conference, International OCD Foundation, Online.
Martinez, M., Robbins, C., Greenberg, M. (2021, October 8-10). Diving Deeper: Embracing transtheoretical perspectives in the application of ERP for OCD. [Conference session]. 2021 Online OCD Conference, International OCD Foundation, Online.
Woodrow, S., Martinez, M., & Sheckler, A. (2021, March 18-20). Therapists in therapy: Promoting resilience in mental healthcare providers. [Conference session]. Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2021 Conference, Online.Hodges, C. (2020, October 2). Molly Martinez Interview - Fireside Friday with Chrissie Hodges of OCD Gamechangers: OCD & Insurance. [Video]. Facebook Live. https://fb.watch/aXa7CmzsyI/
Martinez, M. (2020, February). Psychological Considerations in the Treatment of Hoarding Disorder. [Workshop]. Mental Health America’s DFW Hoarding Task Force, Dallas, TX.
Martinez, M., & Hughes, J. (2019, October). Common Pitfalls in ERP for OCD. [Conference session]. OCD Texas Annual OCD Awareness Week Conference, Hurst, TX.
Martinez, M., McIngvale, E., Smith, S., Solomon, A. (2019, July). Virtual ERP: The Nuts & Bolts of Telehealth Practices for OCD. [Conference session]. International OCD Foundation 26th Annual OCD Conference, Austin, TX.
Martinez, M., Algorta Perez, G., Youngstrom, E.A., & Fristad, M. (2017, November). Correlates of suicide-related behavior in children ages six to twelve. [Poster session]. Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Martinez, M., & Fristad, M. (2013). Family history as a predictor of conversion from bipolar disorder-not otherwise specified to bipolar-I or II in youth. Journal of Affective Disorders, 148(2-3):431-4.
Martinez, M., & Fristad, M. (2010, November). Family history of depression as a predictor of course and outcome in childhood bipolar disorder-not otherwise specified. Poster session presented at the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapists Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Martinez, M., & Fristad, M. (2008, August). Clinical course of bipolar disorder-not otherwise specified in children and adolescents: The impact of family history. Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.
Martinez, M., & Fristad, M. (2007, November). Clinical course of bipolar disorder-not otherwise specified in children and adolescents: The impact of expressed emotion. Poster session at the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapists Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Snodgrass, M., & Vlachos-Weber, I. (2006). “Which one of us is truly crazy?”: Pop psychology and the discourse of sanity and normativity in The Simpsons. In A. Brown & C. Logan (Eds.), D’Oh: The Psychology of the Simpsons (pp. 37-48). Dallas, TX: Ben Bella Books.