Martha Burling, BACP
6 years in practice
Martha Burling is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and problems with addictions.
License and registration
- BACP
- 379718 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Martha
Martha Burling is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and problems with addictions. She also helps with grief, low self-esteem, motivation and confidence. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about difficult feelings and everyday struggles.
Martha draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other approaches to help people understand and name their emotions. She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioural work and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to try different ways of coping.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and direct, focusing on small changes that make daily life easier. With six years of practice in the United Kingdom, Martha brings steady experience to sessions. She listens for patterns that get in the way, such as avoidance or unhelpful self-talk, and helps people try new responses that fit their values.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. People who come to Martha often want help with relationship concerns, attachment and abandonment worries, body image, sleep or eating issues, and the strain of caregiving. She also supports people working through anger, career decisions, midlife transitions and finding life purpose.
Martha works in English and uses a mixture of talking, reflective exercises and practical strategies. She encourages small, achievable steps and offers steady support while people build new ways of coping and relating.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Martha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- 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
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Martha names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and make sense of strong feelings. Online sessions use conversation and reflection to name those emotions and to practise new ways of responding in relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on values and small committed actions. In remote sessions this can mean setting simple exercises between meetings and noticing what matters most in daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current patterns. In online meetings the therapist and client work together to spot unhelpful patterns and try different ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your situation and try approaches that match your goals and preferences. That means adapting methods over time and choosing tools that fit the way you like to work, whether that is more reflective or more action oriented.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you see facial cues and hold longer sessions, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a break from work. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, journalling or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy part of a busy life and to practise new skills between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Martha help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, low self-esteem and related life challenges such as anger, career changes and midlife transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Martha offers a warm, direct and non-judgemental approach. Sessions focus on listening, naming emotions and trying small, practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working with adults in the United Kingdom.
What are her professional credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not take international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do fees and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is billed via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.
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