Jill Martin, NCPS

Jill Martin is a counsellor with NCPS who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions and the fallout from trauma and abuse. She also supports people working on self-esteem, motivation and confidence. She speaks plainly and encourages clients to name the problem they want to change. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she acknowledges that courage is involved.

With 17 years of experience in the United Kingdom, Jill draws on practical, goal-focused methods. She uses approaches that help people identify unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviours and build on existing strengths. Sessions are aimed at small, realistic steps rather than large, sudden change.

Her style is collaborative and respectful. She invites people to set the pace and to bring their priorities into each session. Conversations tend to focus on clear, actionable strategies and ways to cope in everyday life.

Jill often works with issues that affect relationships and intimacy, grief, and life transitions. She also has experience supporting people with mood conditions, obsessive patterns, panic, phobias and process addictions such as gambling or exercise concerns. Jealousy is included among the areas she can address.

People who choose her can expect straightforward explanations of the approaches used and practical tools to try between sessions. She frames progress as a series of manageable steps and checks in on what is working and what needs adjusting.

How Jill’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and supporting each person where they are. The counsellor offers empathy and helps people explore their own goals and values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours. Mindfulness Therapy draws attention to present moment experience with simple breathing and awareness practices to reduce reactive responses and support mood regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jill will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can change as the work progresses so that the approach fits what the person needs.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so check current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or travel and may let people attend from a quieter location or avoid travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed. Registered or accredited professionals use a range of approaches in online settings to offer the same practical tools and goal-focused planning that are used in face-to-face work.