About Martin
Martin Sugg is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress and difficult life changes. He offers calm, direct support for issues such as depression, low self-esteem, grief, addictions and relationship concerns. Martin works to make sessions straightforward and practical for people who are worried and unsure where to start.
He keeps the first meetings simple, listening to what matters most and helping clients set a few clear goals.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be honest and non-judgemental so people can speak openly about fears, upset and the thoughts that get in the way. Martin uses approaches that put people and their experience first. He draws on client-centred ideas to follow what a person brings, and on cognitive behavioural tools to spot unhelpful thought patterns and test different ways of coping.
He also uses attachment-informed work to look at how past relationships shape current worries. With 12 years' experience and BACP registration, Martin combines practical exercises with reflective conversation. That might include short behavioural experiments, pacing conversations about grief, or building better coping skills for stress and cravings.
People meet him for a mix of focused skill-building and deeper exploration. He aims to help clients make changes that fit their daily life and personal values. The process is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
How Martin's approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how close relationships shape current worries and patterns. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns, try new ways of relating and reduce repeated reactions that cause anxiety or distance.Client-centred practice focuses on following what the person needs in the moment. The therapist listens without rushing and helps people find their own answers, which suits gentle exploration of grief, low self-esteem or life changes.
Cognitive behavioural approaches break problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Online sessions can include short practical exercises, homework tasks and real-time experiments to test unhelpful thinking and build new routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Martin will talk with the client about goals and preferences and choose methods together. That collaborative planning helps match tools to the issues people want to change.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and text messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and day-to-day life.
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What this therapist works with
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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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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