Martin Ollington, BACP
16 years in practice
Martin Ollington is a counsellor with 16 years' experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression and addictions.
License and registration
- BACP
- 251775 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Martin
Martin Ollington is a counsellor with 16 years' experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression and addictions. He also supports people dealing with grief, low self-esteem, relationship strain, intimacy concerns and sleep or eating difficulties. Martin works with many other life challenges too, including career change, burnout and ADHD-related struggles.
He keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on what matters now and on small, useful steps clients can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Martin draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment work to understand how feelings shape relationships and behaviour. He also uses acceptance and commitment ideas and cognitive behavioural tools to help people notice unhelpful thinking and find values-based ways to act. Client-centred principles guide how he listens - with respect for each person's story and choices.
Martin sees therapy as a collaborative process. He treats people as the experts in their own lives and helps them build on strengths they already have. That approach suits anyone who wants clear, steady support while they make changes.
Sessions are offered in English and are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Martin lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Martin names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches and online delivery that work together
Martin blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and make sense of strong emotions and the patterns these create in relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choosing actions that match personal values. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonding patterns affect current ways of relating and feeling safe with others.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Martin will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. He treats this as a collaborative process, adjusting techniques as progress and priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let people read facial cues and work more like a face-to-face meeting. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Chat and messaging make short check-ins possible and can fit around busy days. These options give flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy going despite schedules or travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Martin commonly help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and grief, plus issues like low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep and eating problems, ADHD and career stress.
What is Martin's therapeutic style?
He uses a straightforward, collaborative style that focuses on feelings and relationships alongside practical exercises to try between sessions.
How much experience does he bring?
Martin has 16 years of professional experience supporting people through a range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location apply?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts clients from outside the UK.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are costs and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to get started?
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