Our Team

Elaine Martin is an experienced psychological therapist who works online with individual adults with a wide range of issues and problems including: anxiety; depression/low mood; low self-esteem; work-related or exam stress; work difficulties; trauma; grief/bereavement; relationship/interpersonal issues; and many more issues.

Elaine also offers online coaching for individuals wishing to overcome obstacles to achieve their goals, and supervision for fellow practitioners on a one-to-one basis.
 

Elaine's way of working

Elaine draws on a number of therapies in her work. These include Counselling, Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and related approaches such as Compassion Focused Therapy and Schema Therapy. She works from a client-centred perspective, aiming to establish a supportive, non-judgemental relationship with each individual. She can then work with each client, at their own pace, to help them identify solutions and overcome difficulties and challenges. 

In her coaching work, Elaine combines her experience of business and therapy to help clients identify, set, and achieve their goals. 
 

Elaine's background and training

Elaine has extensive experience working as a cognitive behavioural therapy and therapeutic play specialist in a variety of settings including private, public, and charity sector organisations. She also has considerable experience of the education sector. Prior to working as a therapist, Elaine had over 20 years' experience supporting national and international organisations during significant change. 

Elaine holds a SCOTACS Diploma in Counselling and Groupwork - A Cognitive Behavioural Approach, a Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills from Leeds Beckett University/PTUK, and a COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills. She has also undertaken training in a variety of areas including: Asperger's, Trauma Focused Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy. In addition, Elaine has an MSc in Marketing from Strathclyde University and a BSc (hons) in Immunology from Glasgow University.

Elaine is a member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), following their guidelines of ethics and standards of practice.
 

Elaine's fee

Elaine charges £85 a session for self-funding clients. She also works with clients referred via their employer/organisation – for further details, please visit First Psychology Assistance.