- Years in practice
- 16
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Grief
About Martin
Martin Ollington is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression and a wide range of life challenges. He brings 16 years of professional experience and works in English with clients across the United Kingdom and internationally. He believes people hold important strengths and knowledge about their own lives.
That view shapes a straightforward, respectful approach to sessions. Martin keeps conversations clear and practical. He listens first, then helps clients make sense of patterns that cause distress.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on small, achievable steps that fit into busy lives. He encourages clients to try new ways of coping and notice what changes. He uses a mix of approaches depending on what a person needs.
That might include methods that focus on thoughts and behaviours, exploring attachment and relationship patterns, or helping people clarify their values and take action. The aim is to find simple tools that work day to day. Martin has supported people with relationship worries, intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, career strain, sleep or eating problems, ADHD and compassion fatigue among other issues.
He also addresses more complex histories such as trauma and attachment difficulties in a paced way. Sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different routines. He asks new clients to complete a short questionnaire and then schedules sessions around their availability.
What Martin works with
Everything Martin lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Martin helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- 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 counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Martin lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How his approaches fit with online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small, value-led steps despite difficult feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress and parenting-related strain. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises to alter unhelpful patterns; it suits problems like insomnia, worry and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns formed early in life and how they affect current relationships and intimacy; it can help when old relational habits cause ongoing distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Martin discusses options with each person and chooses methods together based on the client’s goals and preferences. That collaborative planning means the approach can shift as progress is made or new needs arise.
Online sessions can make therapy fit around work, school runs or caregiving. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when it helps. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins, written reflection, or people who find typing easier than speaking. These formats provide flexibility while keeping the therapeutic focus on practical steps and reflective work.
Questions people ask about Martin
What concerns does Martin commonly help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression and self-esteem issues. He also addresses parenting, relationship and intimacy-related worries and broader life changes.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Martin takes a practical and respectful style that centres the client’s experience. He listens, explores patterns, and works on small steps that can be tried between sessions.
How much experience does he have?
He has 16 years of professional experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns. That experience includes work with trauma, attachment issues and long-term conditions.
What professional credentials and where is he based?
Martin is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. He practices from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients take part?
Sessions are offered in English. He accepts clients from outside the UK so international clients can work with him.
What session formats does he offer?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These options suit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are costs and payment handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. You can then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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