Counsellor profile
Martha Cheesman, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and codependency
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 392231
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment-based work
- Client-centred listening
- CBT techniques
About Martha
Martha Cheesman is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with ten years in a more specialised clinical role. She works with people facing relationship problems, addictions, trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression, and also helps with codependency and attachment difficulties. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and she accepts international clients.
Martha describes an approach that pays attention to how thoughts, body and spirit interact. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She also uses client-centred listening to help people feel heard and CBT tools to tackle unhelpful thinking and behaviour.
In practice she combines talking with practical techniques. That can mean looking at patterns in relationships, identifying small changes to try, or using mindfulness and existential questions about meaning and purpose. She often focuses on issues like self-esteem, setting boundaries, and coping after loss or trauma.
Martha mentions trauma-informed work when trauma is part of the picture. She also names compassion fatigue and caregiver stress as areas she supports, alongside concerns such as eating, sleeping and parenting strain. Her style aims to balance reflection with hands-on tools people can use between sessions.
People who struggle with people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or losing themselves in relationships may find the sessions practical and direct. To start, clients use a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session to discuss goals and next steps.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns. Online sessions using this lens can help identify repeating dynamics and practise different responses in everyday life.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being listened to without judgement. In video or phone sessions this supports exploration of feelings and priorities while the counsellor reflects and clarifies what matters to the client.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. Online work can include short exercises between sessions, worksheets and reviewing small experiments to try in real situations.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Martha will help clients decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can change as therapy proceeds.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel, allow brief check-ins when time is tight, and let people use phone-only meetings when bandwidth is low or a shorter conversation is needed.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression and codependency concerns among other areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach mixes attentive, client-centred listening with practical tools from CBT and attachment-based ideas to address relationship patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has worked in the field for 20 years and has ten years in a more specialised clinical role.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can she work with Spanish speakers or people abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.