Martha Burling
Practical, compassionate help for everyday struggles
About Martha
Martha Burling helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and struggles with addictions. She also supports those dealing with grief, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life transitions. Martha is a BACP counsellor with six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
Martha aims to make sessions calm and straightforward. She creates a space where people can talk about hard feelings without judgement. Conversations focus on practical steps clients can try between sessions to make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on a mix of well-known methods such as acceptance and commitment techniques, attachment-based thinking, client-centred listening, cognitive work on thoughts and behaviours, and skills from dialectical behaviour methods. Martha adapts these to each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
She addresses a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety, including sleep and eating difficulties, parenting stress, career and purpose questions, and challenges like chronic illness, caregiver strain, or feelings of isolation. Issues such as abandonment, body image, guilt, and anger are also within her focus. Martha works with individuals who want clear, compassionate support and practical tools.
She encourages small, doable changes and helps people notice what matters most to them. The first step is often a short conversation to match goals and agree how to move forward.
What Martha works with
How Martha works
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Sessions & fees
How Martha's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and values and take action that matters to them. It can be helpful for anxiety, stress and decisions about life direction. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and feelings, which can help with intimacy issues and trust problems. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises being listened to without judgement so people can explore their own solutions and build self-trust.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Martha will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and decide together which methods to use. That collaborative process means the plan can change as progress is made or circumstances shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different lives. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can suit people with limited bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging can be a shorter check-in or a way to keep momentum between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or mobility limits while still working on meaningful change.
| 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
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
