Luna Mertins

Luna Mertins is a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern in Florida with a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lynn University. She provides counseling services to adults across the lifespan, with experience supporting individuals from young adulthood through later life. Luna works with clients navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use and recovery, relationship concerns, life transitions, emotional regulation, self-esteem, stress, and personal growth. She is passionate about creating a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where clients can feel heard, understood, and empowered in their healing process.

Luna’s clinical style is warm, collaborative, and client-centered. She believes therapy should meet each person where they are while also helping them build insight, strengthen coping skills, and move toward meaningful change. Her work often focuses on helping clients better understand their emotional patterns, improve communication, establish healthier boundaries, reconnect with personal values, and develop a stronger sense of self-compassion and resilience.

Luna uses an integrative approach that includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness-based interventions, Adlerian concepts, and creative or somatic-informed techniques. She especially values the therapeutic relationship and believes that trust, empathy, authenticity, and collaboration are essential parts of the healing process.

Originally from Germany, Luna brings a multicultural perspective to her clinical work and is sensitive to the ways culture, identity, family systems, and life experiences shape mental health. As a former student-athlete and four-time NCAA national champion, she also understands the importance of discipline, resilience, self-growth, and navigating pressure. Luna will begin her Ph.D. in Counselor Education at Florida Atlantic University in August, where she hopes to continue expanding her clinical, teaching, and research interests. She is committed to lifelong learning and integrating evidence-based practices with creative and body-based approaches to support healing, recovery, and overall well-being.