About Martin
Martin Sugg meets people where they are and helps them make sense of difficult feelings. He aims for clear, down-to-earth conversations about stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, low self-esteem and mood difficulties. Sessions are meant to feel like a steady place to talk without judgement.
Martin uses his 12 years of experience to guide practical steps alongside emotional exploration. Martin creates a calm, open space for people to say what is hard to say.
How Martin works
He focuses on what matters day to day - sleep, appetite, relationships, work and parenting - and how those things affect mood and coping. He listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and works with clients to try different ways of responding. His approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred principles and cognitive behavioural techniques.
That means he pays attention to relationships, hears each person’s experience, and offers tools to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. He also uses strategies from dialectical behaviour therapy and emotionally focused methods when they fit the situation. Martin is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often abbreviated to BACP.
He practises from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. International clients are accepted when arrangements suit both parties. Sessions can be by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
Costs vary with location and are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a suitable time.
Martin lists 10 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- 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
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Martin blends therapeutic approaches for online work
Attachment-based work looks at how early and close relationships shape current feelings and reactions. It helps when patterns from past relationships make trust or closeness difficult. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what a person says so they can find their own solutions and feel understood. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and habits, and try practical steps to change them, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Martin will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and together they decide what feels most helpful. That collaborative process means methods can shift as progress is made or new issues arise.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls are useful for a more conversational therapy session. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, people who prefer writing, or fitting support around work and family responsibilities. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care across locations and busy schedules.
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