Martha, a founding partner of Journeys, is presently Executive Director of the Center. Prior to her work as a counselor she taught children with learning differences at the Winston School in Dallas. Prior to that she was a stay-at-home mom, a homeroom mother, PTA president, Sunday school teacher, Church Youth Group sponsor, and United Way Volunteer. Martha has been an executive secretary, an office manager, an assistant principal, and in a pinch can drive a forklift or a tractor and milk cows.

Presently, her clients range in age from four to seventy-four. She works with individuals, couples, families, and groups. As a Christian counselor she ministers to God's wounded people by using her skills and training to the best of her ability. Some areas of training are: marriage and family therapy; play therapy; working with children, adolescents and adults who have Attention Deficit Disorder and/or learning differences; post-adoption counseling and support; abuse recovery; divorce recovery; grief recovery; 12 Step programs; post-traumatic stress recovery; mood disorders including depression, anxiety and bi-polar disorder; chronic illness - both mental and physical; and ministering to those who are dying.

Martha has presented seminars on Healing the Family Tree; Forgiveness: The Art of Letting Go; and Building the Christian Community. She has developed an extensive premarital program that seeks to help couples develop a God-focused covenant relationship with realistic expectations about living the practical day-to-day work of marriage.

An important piece of her counseling revolves around "reparenting." This process, developed by Kaye Briscoe King, MS, LPC, LMFT, another founding partner of Journeys, helps people fill in the missing puzzle pieces from childhood and adolescence. Clients are encouraged to seek and find the Lord as healer and to develop a sound sense of "self" as God intends us to be - not necessarily what others in our life have intended us to be. This process also includes learning about and living the different Spiritual Growth Stages which occur in our lives when we choose to follow the footsteps of Jesus Christ.

In addition to her wide range of training, Martha's spiritual gifts include mercy and intercessory prayer. The desire of her heart is to restore God's wounded children of all ages to healing and wholeness. From the Greek, the word restore means, "to mend the nets." Indeed, when our "nets are mended," we become better fishermen and women who can be about the Lord's work and live an abundant life of righteousness, peace and joy.

No matter where people are on their Journey to health and wholeness - taking wobbly, fledging steps or striding with purpose - Martha believes we are all called, have mission, purpose, and a destiny Gods wants to us to fulfill.

Martha is married to Capt. Michael T. Brock, USCG (Ret.). They have four adult children, six grandchildren, two dogs, and one horse. Over the years, together and individually they have founded and/or have been board members of a number of nonprofit organizations such as: Youth Mentor Network of Plano - an organization that provides mentors for at-risk youth; DFW Airport Assistance Center - a United Way agency that provides assistance to needy travelers; and Journeys Nonprofit - a prison ministry based on the "reparenting" process. They attend Christ Church, Episcopal, where they have been Sunday school teachers and are members of a small community group.