Martyn Pars
Calm, person-focused counselling for adults
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About Martyn
Martyn Pars offers calm, steady support for adults facing stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. He works with people who are struggling with relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma, ADHD and identity questions. Sessions aim to be compassionate and non-judgemental so clients can feel heard and believed.
He draws on client-centred and psychodynamic approaches in his work. That means sessions focus on the person in front of him, and on patterns that come from past experiences.
Background and approach
Martyn also brings experience from a large corporate employee assistance service where he supported a wide range of mental health concerns. Many people come to him with neurodiversity questions such as autism, ADD/ADHD or dyslexia, including later-in-life diagnosis issues. He has completed continuing professional development in these areas and offers longer or shorter term work depending on what a client needs.
Executive coaching and package options are also available on request. Martyn holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is listed with the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society, NCPS. He meets clinical supervision monthly and has undertaken online counselling training recognised by the Association of Counselling and Therapy Online at level 1.
Sessions are offered to adults aged 18 and over who live in the United Kingdom. His main practice bases are Cheltenham and Gloucester, and he provides therapy by video or telephone with occasional messaging support. If written-only support is preferred, he asks clients to consider an alternative counsellor.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 4
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Registration number
- 382604, NCS20-00628
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Martyn's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Martyn works with
Everything Martyn lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Martyn lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Martyn works online
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Martyn will collaborate with each person to decide which methods feel most useful for their goals and preferences. That means adapting the pace, focus and tools so the sessions match what the client wants to achieve.
He offers video and telephone sessions as his primary ways of working, with occasional messaging support. If you need to know exactly which session types are currently available, confirm the options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow follow-up or shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can use online work to maintain continuity of care and to offer flexible scheduling that suits everyday life.
Questions and answers
What issues does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, anger and depression and with life transitions, grief and trauma. There is also support for ADHD, LGBT matters, relationship and family concerns and career issues.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He uses a client-centred approach that puts the person first and a psychodynamic perspective that looks at patterns from past experience. Sessions aim to feel warm, compassionate and non-judgemental.
What experience does he have?
He has four years' counselling experience and has worked in a large corporate employee assistance programme dealing with a wide range of mental health topics.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and with the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). His practice is in the United Kingdom, with bases in Cheltenham and Gloucester.
Which languages and client regions are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and he works with adult clients who are based in the United Kingdom only.
What session formats are offered?
His primary interventions are by video or audio with occasional messaging support. If you prefer written-only work he asks you to seek an alternative counsellor.
How are costs and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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