OUR THERAPISTS
Martin Daly
PSYCHOLOGIST
Martin is passionate about providing a safe and inclusive space to help people grow in their self-knowledge, self-compassion, and ability to manage the parts of their psychology that cause them distress. With his background as an academic in psychology within the university sector and over 12 years experience as a registered psychologist, Martin brings a wealth of research informed knowledge and critical thought to his therapy work.
Martin is trained in standard therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and mindfulness and relaxation training. However, he values integrating these approaches with Schema Therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy to help clients understand and relate to their thoughts and feelings on a deeper level. He is a level 1 trained Internal Family Systems practitioner and values IFS for its safe and self-compassionate approach to helping clients to understand distressing parts of their psychology and to learn how to reduce the power of strong thoughts and feelings without needing to 'fight' against them. Clients who have previously worked with CBT or ACT but find themselves wanting ‘more’ from therapy may particularly value his approach to therapy.
Martin works predominantly with adults. He approaches therapy with warmth, unconditional compassion, and a willingness to honour and respect the backgrounds, beliefs and lifestyles of his clients. This includes a sex positive approach – clients with diverse sexual orientations, gender expressions and sexual and relationship practices are welcome (including kink and fetish, sex work, polyamory, ENM, etc.).
Areas of practice:
Anxiety, depression and stress
Emotional regulation / management of overwhelming feelings
Life transitions and adjustment
Perfectionism, shame and self-criticism
Understanding and managing the impact of childhood adversity (abuse, neglect, unsupportive parenting) on adult wellbeing
Trauma, complex trauma and PTSD
Sleep difficulties
Attachment and relationship issues
Parenting challenges and concerns
Sexuality concerns