Martyn Pars, BACP, NCPS

Martyn Pars offers attentive, empathetic support aimed at helping people feel heard, understood and supported during difficult times. He frames therapy as a collaborative relationship in which the client’s experience, wisdom and goals guide the work, and he prioritises creating a warm, non-judgemental environment where change can happen.

He brings experience from working within a large corporate employee assistance programme, addressing issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, self-harm and suicidal ideation. He also has considerable experience supporting people living with neurodiversity - including later-in-life diagnoses or suspected ADD/ADHD, autism and dyslexia - and maintains a private practice serving adults in Cheltenham and Gloucester while offering telephone and video therapy to UK residents over 18.

In addition to counselling, Martyn is a qualified and accredited executive coach and can provide coaching packages on request to support career and performance goals. His approach can incorporate mindfulness, meditation and spiritual perspectives when clients wish to include these elements, and he is comfortable working with both shorter-term interventions and longer-term therapeutic relationships depending on individual need.

Martyn is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and holds NCPS credentials. He receives regular clinical supervision from an experienced psychotherapist whose background includes ordained ministry and transpersonal disciplines, a dimension Martyn says informs his therapeutic presence. He primarily works via video or audio with occasional messaging support - if written work is the preferred primary method of therapy, he may not be the best fit. He only accepts individual UK-based adults aged 18 and over.