- Sleep and rest support
- Mindfulness and practical tools
- English and Spanish
About Martha
Martha Cheesman is a BACP counsellor who focuses on sleep and resting difficulties alongside a wide range of emotional concerns. She helps people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship problems. Her style aims to make people feel heard and valued from the first session.
Martha draws on ten years of more specialised practice within a longer career working with many ages and cultures. She uses approaches that look at how mind, body and spirit interact. Sessions include practical techniques such as mindfulness and ways of thinking that affect mood and behaviour.
Her work pays attention to attachment and how early relationships shape current patterns. She also uses client-centred ideas that keep the person's own goals at the centre of sessions. When helpful, she brings in elements that focus on emotions in relationships and thinking-based strategies.
Martha speaks English and Spanish and has experience with issues like addiction, eating and intimacy-related concerns, parenting stress, compassion fatigue and ADHD. She also addresses less common areas such as kink and alternative sexual culture, blended family challenges and coping after disasters.
Her practice emphasises purpose, self-worth and practical steps people can take between sessions. She aims to create steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes. For those worried about sleep or ongoing tiredness, she looks at daily routines, unhelpful thoughts and emotional factors that can disrupt rest.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at patterns that form in close relationships and how they affect sleep, stress and everyday connection; online sessions can help people recognise unhelpful patterns and try new ways of relating. Client-centred therapy places the person’s aims at the heart of each session and focuses on listening, reflection and supporting whatever change the person wants to make. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviours that keep problems like anxiety, low mood or poor sleep going, and it often includes clear steps to practise between meetings.Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss options and try different methods until they find what fits each person’s needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process that adapts as goals evolve.
Practical advantages of online work include fitting sessions into a busy life and reducing travel time. Online therapy can make it easier to have shorter check-ins, arrange appointments around work or childcare, or meet from different locations. Confirm the current session formats before booking to make sure they suit your routine.
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this counsellor help with?
Support covers many issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, eating and sleeping problems, addiction and work or career stress.
How would sessions typically feel or proceed?
The approach is warm and client-centred, with practical techniques such as mindfulness and thinking-based strategies used when relevant. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and small steps to try between meetings.
What is the practitioner’s background and experience?
She has worked in the field for around 20 years and the last 10 years in a more specialised clinical capacity. That experience includes work with a range of ages and cultural backgrounds.
Where is the counsellor based and what credential is held?
The counsellor practises in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration as listed in her profile.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to support speakers of either language.
Can people outside the UK work with this counsellor?
International clients are accepted, so people based outside the UK may be able to work together depending on scheduling and any regional requirements.
How are fees and payment arranged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin sessions?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the counsellor’s availability.