Martin Conway, BACP

Martin Conway is a person-centred counsellor who draws on humanistic and integrative ways of working. He uses a calm, caring manner and can be direct when needed. Martin has five years of practice and works with people facing anxiety, depression, stress and addiction.

His approach focuses on building a reliable therapeutic relationship first. He helps people talk through painful feelings and patterns without using technical jargon. Sessions can be short term to fix a pressing problem or longer term for deeper reflection and change.

Martin combines attachment-based ideas with emotionally-focused and psychodynamic thinking when it helps. He pays attention to how early relationships shape current reactions and to the emotions that sit behind behaviour. That mix aims to make emotional patterns clearer and more manageable.

He also draws on solution-focused and client-centred ways of working to keep sessions practical. This can include setting small goals, trying new behaviours between meetings, and checking progress regularly. The emphasis is on what the person wants to change and how to get there.

Martin has particular experience supporting people with intimacy-related issues, relationship challenges, body image and aspects of alternative sexual culture including BDSM and kink. He also helps with grief, parenting strain, chronic illness and codependency. Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.

How Martin’s approaches work in online therapy

Martin combines client-centred work with attachment-based and emotionally-focused ideas to guide online sessions. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening closely, helping people feel heard and understood so they can make their own changes. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice and change those responses. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work with core emotions to change how they relate and respond.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Martin will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then suggest a mix of methods that fit those needs. He checks in regularly to see what is helping and what might need to change in the way you work together.

The biography records substantial online experience, but it does not list specific formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into everyday life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins, and letting people join from different locations. It can also allow flexible scheduling for busy routines while keeping the focus on practical steps and emotional work.