About Martha
Martha Ash is a counsellor who helps people make sense of anxiety, stress and difficult life changes. She meets clients with curiosity and calm. Her approach centres on building an honest, empathic relationship where people can speak freely without feeling judged.
Martha offers a straightforward, human way of working. Sessions focus on understanding what is happening now and how past experiences shape current reactions. She listens for patterns in thinking, feelings and body sensations, and helps clients find small, practical steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her background includes study in psychology alongside work using client-centred therapy. Client-Centred Therapy places the relationship at the centre of change, emphasising empathy, acceptance and collaboration. Martha also uses ideas from cognitive approaches, body awareness and broader wellbeing models to suit each person’s needs.
Martha has three years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which is listed as a credential. She works from the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. She does not offer international appointments beyond the UK.
People come to Martha for a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, eating and body image struggles, parenting stress and career problems. She aims to be clear about what she can offer and supports people in finding the right match, whether that is with her or another counsellor.
Client-centred approaches and online access
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship where people feel heard and understood. It works well for anxiety, relationship worries and life transitions by giving space to reflect and to make sense of emotions.Martha also draws on cognitive ideas and somatic awareness to offer practical tools. Cognitive techniques help identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns, while somatic awareness encourages noticing body sensations that accompany stress and anxiety. These approaches can be used together to address both thoughts and bodily responses.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Martha will discuss your needs and try different ways of working to find what feels most helpful. That process is collaborative and guided by your goals and preferences.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video calls are close to face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit shorter check-ins or busy schedules. These options let people fit sessions around work, caring duties or travel and make ongoing support easier to maintain.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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