Martyn Blair

Are you finding life difficult?  Or maybe you want something in life to change or to be different? You may need some help to work this through with someone completely separate from your everyday life. 

How do you imagine it would be for you to have someone really listen and not judge you? I am a qualified counsellor and clinical supervisor with many years experience as an NHS professional and in private practice. I don’t offer solutions and rarely offer advice or information. I do provide a safe accepting space for exploring your life and the issues that concern you, trusting in your ability to seek your own solutions and choices in life. 

 I’ll do my very best to get some sense of what it is like to be you and will often tell you how I am experiencing you. I will never fully get what it is like to be you, only you can do that. 

 My guess is that many people visiting these pages are considering whether to contact me as a therapist, maybe feeling like their is little choice, in life at this time. Perhaps a very simple definition of counselling is the "exposure and exploration of choice". I have a real faith in your ability to move forward in life as you choose it.

I am additionally trained in animal assisted therapy and as an option work with my dog in the therapy room. 

My approach to supervision is grounded in the person centred approach. That the supervisee is the best expert of their work and the way they practice and as such I work with the supervisees experience of the client rather than with the client. I will share any knowledge and experience that is relevant, but eventually work towards a meeting of two professionals and a shared learning process.