About Martha
Martha Burling helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She supports concerns around intimacy, eating and sleeping, parenting pressures, anger and career stress. Martha also works with people facing life changes, ADHD, compassion fatigue and relationship wounds such as abandonment and attachment issues.
Martha holds BACP registration, and brings six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She aims to make the first step less daunting by offering an approachable, steady presence.
How Martha works
Sessions are calm and focused on real-life problems rather than jargon. Her style is warm and non-judgemental. She listens closely and helps people name what is happening for them.
Together they look at practical ways to cope day to day, reduce distress and build small routines that make life easier. Martha draws on techniques from cognitive behavioural approaches and acceptance and commitment work to help people shift unhelpful thoughts and take values-based action. She also uses attachment-informed ideas to understand relationship patterns and DBT-adjacent skills when emotions feel overwhelming.
Sessions move at the client’s pace and are shaped around personal goals. People who come to her often want clearer boundaries, better coping strategies, or help finding purpose after major changes. Martha aims to offer steady support as clients try new ways of living and relating.
Martha lists 16 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Martha works with
The areas below are the ones Martha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that line up with what matters to you. It can help with anxiety, low mood and finding direction during life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behaviour that keep problems going, and uses practical exercises to change those patterns; it is often useful for anxiety, depression and unhelpful habits. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns affect current relationships and emotional responses, helping people build different ways of relating and feeling safer in connections.Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options, listen to your goals and try methods that suit your needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process and plans are adjusted as you learn what helps.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to keep therapy flexible. Video calls are close to an in-person meeting and allow visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, written reflections or when a slower pace helps. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while still working with registered or accredited professionals and therapists.
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