Martin Stubbs
Practical, straightforward counselling for everyday struggles
About Martin
Martin Stubbs is a counsellor with 15 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. He focuses on practical ways to help people manage relationship strain, grief and loss, depression, ADHD and eating concerns. Martin aims to make the first step easier by offering a calm and respectful space to talk.
Martin keeps sessions straightforward and conversational. He listens for the patterns that cause pain and helps people name what is happening.
Background and approach
Conversations look at everyday choices, communication, and small changes that can make life steadier. He uses plain language rather than clinical terms so people can follow along and act on what they learn. Common issues he works with include family conflict, difficulties with attachment and abandonment, and problems that arise from blended family dynamics.
He also supports people dealing with body image, caregiver stress, and the emotional effects of ageing. When eating or control issues are part of the picture, sessions explore feelings around food and routine. Martin draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor support to each person.
He explains options and helps people pick approaches that fit their situation and goals. Over time the work aims to reduce overwhelm and increase practical skills for coping. Sessions are offered in English across video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
The process begins by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then arranging sessions according to availability.
What Martin works with
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches work online
Martin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical steps. One common approach involves identifying unhelpful patterns in relationships and behaviour, then practising new ways of communicating and responding to triggers. This helps with issues like relationship stress, family tensions and attachment concerns.Another approach focuses on emotions and everyday routines. Sessions look at how mood, sleep, eating and activity levels interact, and then set manageable changes to improve day-to-day wellbeing. That approach is useful for depression, grief and eating-related struggles.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Martin will discuss different options and recommend what fits your goals, preferences and current situation. Together you decide the pace and focus so the work feels relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let you see facial cues and engage in a full conversation, while phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are flexible for brief check-ins, reflection between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep work going from different locations.
| 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
