- Focus on daily coping
- Collaborative approach
- BACP registered
About Martha
Martha Burling is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She has six years of professional experience and helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief and low self-esteem. Martha aims to make the first step feel manageable and acknowledges that reaching out takes courage.
She creates a warm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk about difficult feelings. Conversations focus on practical ways to manage everyday challenges. Sessions are collaborative and paced to suit each person’s needs.
Martha draws on a mix of therapeutic approaches to suit different concerns. She uses tools from cognitive behavioural therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns. She also works with acceptance and commitment ideas to help people accept difficult feelings and commit to values-driven action.
Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at relationship patterns and emotional responses. Dialectical behaviour therapy skills are used when clients need strategies for managing strong emotions. The client-centred stance keeps the person’s experience central in every session.
Martha supports a wide range of issues beyond mood and anxiety, including relationship and intimacy difficulties, parenting strain, career stress, and challenges linked to chronic illness or caregiving. She also works with issues such as body image, impulsivity and feelings of isolation.
She offers a straightforward path to start therapy: complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How Martha’s approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without fighting them, then taking steps that match what matters to you. This can help with anxiety, low mood and making changes that matter in day-to-day life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and gives practical tools to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with depression and anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Martha will talk with each person about goals, needs and preferences and agree a way forward together. That collaborative planning helps shape which techniques are used and how sessions proceed.
The therapist's profile does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or travel. It can reduce time spent commuting and allow brief check-ins when a full in-person appointment might be harder to arrange. Registered or accredited professionals adapt exercises, homework and practical tools so they work well in remote sessions, helping people build skills and cope with everyday pressures.
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Martha help with?
Martha supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief and low self-esteem. She also helps with relationship concerns, parenting strain, career stress and issues like body image and isolation.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She works in a warm, non-judgemental way and keeps sessions collaborative. Conversations focus on practical coping strategies and understanding emotional patterns.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has six years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom. That experience includes helping people manage everyday life challenges and emotional distress.
What credentials and location are listed for this counsellor?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Please confirm the available session options before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with this counsellor?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.