About Martin
Martin Ollington helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and addiction. He supports those dealing with grief, relationship and intimacy issues, low self‑esteem, and major life changes. He also works with concerns such as sleeping and eating difficulties, parenting strain, career stress and compassion fatigue.
Martin brings 16 years of experience as a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He approaches sessions in a straightforward, person‑centred way.
How Martin works
He treats each person as the expert in their own life and aims to build on the strengths they already have. In sessions he uses practical therapies like cognitive behavioural techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice patterns and try new responses.
He also draws on attachment‑based work and emotionally focused ideas when relationships or past wounds are part of the problem. Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. People can expect a calm, respectful space to talk through concerns and to plan manageable steps forward.
Martin mixes short‑term tools with deeper reflection, depending on what is helpful. The goal is clearer thinking, better coping and more choice in everyday life. Martin works with a wide range of issues including ADHD, bipolar, trauma and chronic health challenges.
He accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. To begin, he asks people to fill a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions that suit them.
Martin lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
What Martin works with
The areas below are the ones Martin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- 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 | 16 |
| 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 sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with ongoing difficulties by focusing on small, value‑led steps.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together. It offers practical techniques to change patterns that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, depression and sleep or eating issues.
Attachment‑based work pays attention to how early relationships shape expectations and reactions in close relationships. This approach can be helpful when past hurts affect trust, intimacy or ongoing relationship patterns.
Finding the right approach is usually collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text‑based messaging gives flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls let people have face‑to‑face conversation from wherever they are. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check‑ins and for people who prefer writing to speaking. Registered or accredited professionals use these formats to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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