Martha Cheesman , BACP

Martha Cheesman is a BACP-registered counsellor with a decade of specialised practice supporting people from diverse backgrounds, ages, and cultures. She brings a holistic perspective to therapy, attending to the relationships between mind, body, and spirit while drawing on trauma-informed methods, mindfulness, and existential thinking to address life’s complex challenges.

Her work places purpose, self-love, and self-worth at the centre of the therapeutic process. Martha seeks to create a space where individuals feel heard, acknowledged, and valued, even when they are coping with hardship or past trauma. She integrates a range of therapeutic techniques to meet each person’s needs rather than relying on a single method.

Martha aims to help people build emotional resilience, restore meaningful relationships, and reclaim a sense of worthiness and direction. As a member of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - she combines professional training with compassionate, person-focused care to support clients through recovery, growth, and life transitions.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current connections. It helps people understand attachment styles, repair relationship difficulties, and build more secure ways of relating to partners, family members, and close others.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaboration. In this approach the therapist provides a supportive environment that helps people explore their values, strengthen self-worth, and find their own solutions to depression, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It offers practical tools to challenge unhelpful thinking, reduce anxiety and stress, and establish new coping strategies for mood concerns and everyday challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Martha works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques as work progresses to ensure a good fit.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, receive support from different locations including internationally, and maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings are difficult.