Martha Cheesman, BACP

Martha Cheesman is a BACP-registered counsellor with ten years of focused professional practice who has worked with people from diverse ages and cultural backgrounds. She combines professional training across several therapeutic models to tailor support to each person's needs, drawing on trauma-informed care, mindfulness techniques, and existential perspectives to address the complex effects of life experience.

Her approach is holistic, attending to the relationship between mind, body, and spirit rather than treating symptoms in isolation. Purpose, self-love, and self-worth sit at the centre of her work, and she aims to help people feel heard, acknowledged, and valued even after difficult or traumatic events. Martha uses a variety of therapeutic techniques to support recovery and growth, adapting methods to the unique circumstances of each client.

As a BACP-registered practitioner - indicating membership in the United Kingdom's professional counselling body - she brings a respectful and inclusive stance to issues such as relationships, trauma and abuse, addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, and a wide range of other concerns. Martha provides care in both English and Spanish and accepts clients from international locations when appropriate, offering a compassionate, person-focused path toward greater emotional wellbeing.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust. In online sessions this approach can help people understand relationship struggles, attachment issues, and patterns that affect intimacy and communication.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) uses practical strategies to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and sleep or eating difficulties, offering structured tools that translate clearly to video or phone sessions.

Existential Therapy explores questions of meaning, purpose, and personal values, helping people cope with life transitions, loss, and questions about identity. This reflective approach can be effective in online conversations that encourage deep personal exploration.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative work. Martha Cheesman and other registered professionals will discuss goals, preferences, and needs to decide which methods are the best fit, and they can adapt techniques as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to access support across distances. For many people, this accessibility supports consistency and ongoing progress with a therapist.