Martyn Kyle

I'm currently accepting new clients.

I work daytime hours, Monday to Friday, with the last appointment starting at 5.30pm. Availability changes week to week, so the quickest way to find out what's free is to get in touch — I usually reply within 24 hours.

Sessions are £50. I hold a limited number of concessionary places for people on a low income; it's worth asking if cost is a barrier.

People come to counselling carrying all sorts of things - anxiety that won't settle, relationships that feel stuck, a vague but persistent sense that something needs to change. My job isn't to have the answers. It's to help you find your own.

My approach is integrative, which means I draw on a range of frameworks - person-centred therapy, Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment theory, and trauma-informed ways of working, not as a pick-and-mix, but as a coherent set of lenses I bring to each person depending on what they actually need.

In practice, that looks like a collaborative, unhurried process. I pay close attention not just to what you say, but to how you say it, the patterns, what feels stuck, the moments of unexpected clarity. We work at a pace that feels right for you.

Before training as a counsellor, I spent over thirty years in pastoral support and corporate leadership. That background shapes how I work: I understand the pressures of work and responsibility, and what it means to keep holding things together when life feels like it's pulling apart.

I hold an FdSc in Counselling from the University of Worcester and am a Registered Member of BACP (MBACP, no. 419468).

I work from a private, comfortable room in my home in Ledbury, Herefordshire. It's a quiet, unhurried setting, easy to reach from the town centre and surrounding villages with on-site parking. 

Sessions last 50 minutes and usually take place weekly, though we'll discuss whatever rhythm makes most sense for you. I work with adults on either a short-term or longer-term basis, depending on what you're bringing and what you're hoping for.

My fee is £50 per session.  I ask for 48 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule a session; sessions cancelled with less notice are charged at the full rate.

I also work as a counsellor for LEAF, a local charity offering funded counselling through Ledbury Health Partnership, so if private fees are a barrier, it may be worth exploring whether that route is available to you.

Everything you share is kept confidential, within the professional and ethical framework of BACP membership, which I'm happy to explain clearly at the outset.

Before we arrange anything, I offer a free 15-minute introductory call. It's a chance to tell me briefly what's brought you here, ask anything you want to know, and get a sense of whether I'm the right person for you, with no obligation either way.

If we go ahead, I'll send you a short counselling agreement beforehand, covering confidentiality, fees and cancellations, so you've had a chance to read it rather than being handed paperwork at the door. The session lasts 50 minutes.

Rather than a formal assessment, this first session is an unhurried conversation about what's brought you to counselling. It gives you space to tell your story, in whatever way feels right, and to share what you'd like me to know, which is itself part of how the counselling process begins. I'll want to understand what you're hoping for, and I may ask some questions about your circumstances and how you've been keeping.

I'll explain how I work, what confidentiality means in practice, and what the process typically involves. There's no obligation to commit beyond that single session — and if I'm not the right person for what you're bringing, I'll say so and point you towards something that fits better.

Most people feel some nervousness before that first conversation. That's entirely natural. The aim of this initial meeting is simply to help you feel informed and at ease, so that if you do decide to continue, you're doing so with a clear sense of what counselling with me actually involves.