Counsellor profile
Martha Cheesman, BACP
Counsellor - relationships and trauma
See online counselling options- Addictions
- Attachment work
- CBT methods
About Martha
Counsellor and BACP member Martha Cheesman has ten years of focused practice in counselling work in the United Kingdom. She works with concerns such as addiction, relationships, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety and stress, and a broad range of related issues including grief, intimacy, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and career questions.
Martha uses several approaches to help people talk through difficulties. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds affect present relationships. She also uses client-centred ways of working that place the person's experience at the centre of the sessions. Cognitive behavioural methods are used when practical steps and thought patterns are a helpful focus.
Her background includes ten years of more specialised practice built on earlier roles in community settings. She has studied a number of approaches to meet different needs and mentions trauma-informed and existential elements in her work. Martha works in English and Spanish and notes experience with many ages and cultures.
In sessions she aims to address how mind, body and spirit relate to current problems. She highlights issues such as purpose, self-worth and feeling acknowledged as central to the work. The descriptions she gives indicate a flexible mix of talking and practical techniques rather than a single method.
To begin, readers are asked to use the site process to view counselling options, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions operate on a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Approaches used in online counselling and how they help
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of connecting. It can help when relationship patterns or fears of abandonment are a core issue. Client-centred work puts the person's experience at the heart of sessions, giving space to describe feelings and priorities without a set agenda. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at thoughts and behaviours and offers practical steps to reduce distress and change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, goals and preferences and adjust methods if something is not working. That means techniques and the pace of work can shift as the relationship develops.
The biography does not specify which session formats are offered online, so please confirm current options before booking. In general online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, reduce travel time and allow people to join from different places. Some formats require less bandwidth or do not use video, which can suit short check-ins or days when being on camera is difficult. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can use online work to maintain continuity of care when meeting in person is not possible.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with addiction, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety and stress, plus related issues such as grief, intimacy, eating and sleeping problems and ADHD.
What is her counselling style?
She works in a client-centred way and uses attachment-informed approaches alongside cognitive behavioural methods when helpful.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of focused counselling practice and describes broader work in community settings prior to that.
Which professional body is she a member of and where does she practise?
She is a BACP member and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.