Zoe Powell Martin , BACP

Zoe Powell Martin is a counsellor who uses collaborative, person-focused ways of working to help people get through difficult times. She offers online sessions that aim to be warm and supportive while helping people find clearer direction. Zoe presents as calm and attentive, and she prioritises shared decision-making with each person she sees.

Zoe works with people facing stress and anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and grief. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, and addiction-related challenges. Her practice includes care for people navigating life changes, career strain, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related difficulties.

Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods. Zoe uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small steps. She employs Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behavioural experiments. Attachment-based ideas help when past relationships affect current ones.

Zoe holds BACP registration, which indicates adherence to a professional framework and ethical standards. She has seven years of counselling experience working with a broad range of concerns in the United Kingdom. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

Practical session options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. People begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

How Zoe's approaches translate to online therapy

Zoe blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in ways that suit online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then choose actions that match what matters to them. This approach can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current patterns and helps people develop new ways of relating and feeling safer in connection.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Zoe will talk with each person about their goals, history and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust the plan over time if something is not working.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit around busy days and need less bandwidth, while live chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care across time zones and varied schedules.