Lynsey Martin
Calm, practical counselling for everyday struggles
About Lynsey
Lynsey Martin is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She focuses on everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She encourages people to take the first step toward help and acknowledges how hard that can be.
Her style is open and accepting. She aims to make sessions a place where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgement.
Background and approach
Conversations are practical and down-to-earth, with attention to what matters most right now. Lynsey draws on a range of approaches to suit different needs. She uses client-centred ways to listen and follow the person’s lead.
She applies cognitive behavioural ideas to help shift unhelpful thinking and build coping skills. Mindfulness and narrative techniques are used to help people notice patterns and reframe difficult stories about themselves. She works with issues beyond mood and anxiety, including relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, sleep and eating problems, and career stress.
Additional focus areas include attachment, adoption and foster care, and long-term health conditions such as chronic pain and cancer. Lynsey is an NCPS therapist and holds Accredited Member status (MNCPS Accred). Sessions are conducted in English.
If you want to begin, follow the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule a first appointment.
What Lynsey works with
How Lynsey works
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Sessions & fees
How Lynsey’s approaches work in online therapy
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and supports them to find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels useful, then adapt methods as needed. This is a collaborative process where techniques are introduced gradually and tailored to the individual's needs.
If you are considering online sessions, please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow follow-ups between appointments. It can also make some check-ins shorter or more flexible around work and family commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can explain the practical options when you arrange your first appointment.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
