About Martin
Martin Ollington is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions and grief. He also supports those facing depression, low self-esteem and life changes. Martin works in a straightforward, respectful way and treats each person as the expert on their own life.
He believes small steps can make a big difference. Sessions focus on practical ways to cope day to day. He listens carefully, helps people spot strengths, and looks for realistic changes that fit a person’s life.
Background and approach
Martin uses a blend of approaches to suit each person. He draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts. He also uses client-centred listening to build trust and emotionally focused work to help with relationships and attachment issues.
After 16 years of practice he has worked with people facing a wide range of concerns. These include trauma, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, ADHD, career worries, and compassion fatigue among others. He keeps the work goal-focused and practical.
Sessions are offered in English and are available online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. People who choose to start follow a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on values and small actions that make life more meaningful, which can help with anxiety, depression and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for stress, anxiety and sleep problems. Client-centred therapy offers a listening space where the counsellor follows the person’s lead and mirrors their experience to build trust and clarity.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss different methods and test what fits best for an individual’s needs and goals. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break from work, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to access support from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
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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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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