Anshin Psychotherapy

Trauma-focused and EMDR Therapy

at The Banbury Therapy Centre

I offer heart-centred therapy blending Western psychology with Eastern spiritual practices grounded in cutting edge science. Transformation is my expertise and passion.

What I can help with

Recent Client Feedback

... when everything was swirling around me, Martin was my rock...

... it is now recognised that my PTSD has been well and truly switched off. Martin has given me my life back for which I will remain eternally grateful.

Martin... made me feel comfortable and safe. His manner and the way he worked couldn't have been better... I have my smile back.

'Anshin' is a Japanese word often found in Buddhist literature meaning 'peaceful mind' or 'heart at peace'.

How I Work

My aim is to integrate a coherent combination of cognitive, emotional and somatic, trauma-focused approaches within a supportive therapeutic relationship to help facilitate new meaning, new possibilities and new choices to enable you to live a more fulfilling, meaningful and liberated life.

About Me

Hi and welcome to my website. I’m guessing you’re here because you’re looking for help for yourself or a loved one. Let me say a little about myself.

I am a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist, trauma and EMDR therapist with over 30 years’ experience of working in mental health with a wide range of issues. Based in Banbury, Oxfordshire I can help people who have experienced trauma many of whom have been told they have a personality disorder.

I am a secular Buddhist and for me Buddhism is a spiritual training and practice and not a religion. I have found that meditation practice and the study of Buddhism has greatly affected my life. A large part of my life is my therapeutic work and time and time again Buddhist ideas have shown up for me and my clients. I combine the philosophical and contemplative practices of Buddhism with western psychology and neuroscience to inform my trauma work.