About Zoe
Zoe Powell Martin is a counsellor who combines somatic awareness with established talking therapies. She aims to create a calm, approachable space where people can bring stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. Zoe uses clear, practical steps and gentle curiosity to help people regain balance and feel more themselves.
She draws on seven years of practice and a BACP registration to guide conversations and body-aware work. Sessions are shaped around what each person needs, using shared decision making rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
That means discussing goals together and choosing tools that feel useful and realistic. Zoe often blends body-focused techniques with cognitive work. This can help when emotions feel stuck in the body or when thoughts keep cycling.
She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centred ideas to explore how relationships and early patterns affect day-to-day wellbeing. Common areas she supports include grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction and compassion fatigue. She also helps with ADHD, body image, chronic illness, ageing issues and communication problems.
These are approached in simple, practical ways rather than technical jargon. Online sessions can be by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Zoe accepts international clients and works in English.
New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling sessions to suit their situation.
How somatic and talking therapies work online
Somatic work pays attention to the body's signals as part of therapy. It helps people notice physical tension, breath patterns and sensations that link to emotions. This approach can be useful for stress, trauma responses and when emotional pain feels held in the body.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and small steps. It helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck, and then choose actions that matter to them. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and trust; it can be helpful for intimacy and communication problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and make decisions together based on needs, goals and what feels manageable. That collaborative process lets the plan change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet - video, phone, live chat or text messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to access support from different locations. Many people appreciate the choice of shorter text exchanges or longer video sessions depending on their energy and the issue being worked on.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English