About Bryanna
Bryanna Martin Smith helps people who are struggling with relationship and family problems, grief, trauma and abuse, anxiety, low self-esteem and anger. She meets each person where they are and focuses on practical steps to make day-to-day life easier. Bryanna uses clear, respectful language and aims to make sessions straightforward and usable.
With 18 years of professional experience, Bryanna brings a calm, steady approach to difficult topics. She believes people are the experts in their own stories and draws on their strengths to plan each step forward.
How Bryanna works
Conversations are collaborative and paced to suit what the person needs right now. Her background includes long-term work with people dealing with parenting and intimacy-related concerns, separation and divorce, career stress and major life changes. She also supports people facing issues such as isolation, body image, communication problems and the effects of domestic violence.
Hospice and end-of-life matters and geriatric concerns are part of her broad practice. Bryanna is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That registration is shown as BACP in her credentials.
She works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Her way of working is practical and respectful. Sessions include talking through concerns, setting small goals and trying out new ways of coping between meetings.
People often find this step-by-step approach helps them manage stress, make clearer choices and feel less overwhelmed.
What Bryanna works with
The areas below are the ones Bryanna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Many clients find structured, evidence-based techniques helpful for issues like anxiety, depression and relationship strain. One common approach used in this practice teaches practical skills for managing stress, improving mood and breaking problems down into smaller steps. This method helps people test small changes and see what works for them. Another approach focuses on understanding patterns in relationships and communication. It helps people notice unhelpful cycles, try different responses and rebuild trust and closeness over time. These approaches are adaptable to different concerns including grief, parenting challenges and intimacy-related issues. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to the person's goals, needs and preferences. This is a joint process where the person and therapist decide what to try and adjust as progress is made. Online sessions offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions can be useful for shorter check-ins or when a quieter setting is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people keep conversations going between sessions or fit support into a busy day. These formats aim to make therapy easier to access and fit into everyday life.Start online instead of waiting
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