Emotional  Clarity Coaching for Adults Healing Family Wounds

​​If you grew up with emotional enmeshment or an absent parent and/or are experiencing estrangement, you don’t need to keep going round in the same destructive thoughts and behaviour patterns. You may be carrying confusion, guilt, or self‑doubt and that needs to be resolved right away. I will help you understand what happened, release what isn’t yours, and finally feel steady inside your own skin. Then you can concentrate on your own life, loves and ambitions once and for all!

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​​​How I Work

Why You’re Here

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Maybe you’ve spent years trying to make sense of your family story?
or......you’ve read the books, watched the videos, tried to “move on”… but something still feels unresolved.

or.....you’re coping with:

• A parent who depended on you emotionally

• Estrangement that still feels as painful now as it did when it first began

• A father or mother who were absent, unpredictable, or emotionally unavailable

• Guilt that isn’t yours

• A lifelong pattern of over‑functioning, people‑pleasing, or self‑doubt

• Feeling responsible for everyone else’s emotions

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You’re not a bad person.
You’re not being dramatic.
You’re not imagining it.

You’re carrying wounds you never intentionally created or maybe are not even yours.

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My coaching helps you:

• Untangle enmeshment without blowing up your life

• Release guilt that was placed on you, not chosen by you

• Understand estrangement in a grounded, non‑shaming way

• Heal the absent‑parent wound and rebuild inner safety

• Strengthen your boundaries without fear or collapse

• Feel emotionally solid instead of overwhelmed or hyper‑responsible

• Reconnect with your own identity — not the one shaped by family expectations

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My work is gentle, structured, and deeply relieving. 

How Coaching Works

My approach blends emotional clarity, lived experience, and practical tools you can use immediately.

You’ll get:

• Clear language for what you’ve been through and feeling

• A calm, grounded space to process your story

• Tools to stop overthinking and self‑blame/sabotage

• Support to rebuild your identity and emotional independence

• A steady guide who has been there and understands these wounds

Sessions are 60 minutes, online, and focused on real change — not endless talking.

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Why Work With Me

I specialise in helping adults heal from:

• Parental enmeshment

• Estrangement

• Absent or emotionally unavailable parents

• Covert emotional roles placed on children

• The long‑term impact of being “the responsible one”

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I bring:

• 22 years of lived recovery and emotional clarity work

• A calm, non‑judgmental, spiritually inclusive approach

• Deep understanding of the patterns you’ve been living with

• A gift for naming what others can’t articulate

• A premium, grounded coaching experience designed for adults who want real change

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What Clients Say

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Working with Martyn has meant so much to me during an incredibly difficult time. He offered genuine emotional support alongside practical tools that helped me navigate the estrangement I was experiencing with my adult child.

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Through our work together, I’ve gained a deeper understanding of our relationship and the impact of family trauma and I felt truly safe to explore some very complex emotions. This has helped me move forward with more compassion, both for myself and my child.

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I now feel in a much calmer and stronger place, open to communication if my child chooses it. Slowly, we are beginning to reconnect and build a relationship with healthier boundaries for us both, which I’m so grateful for.

I would wholeheartedly recommend Martyn to anyone going through estrangement. Thank you, Martyn, for your kindness, understanding and support.

Angela B, London

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Working with Martyn has been a transformative experience! My perspective on life has shifted, and I’m now approaching everything more positively and with more confidence in myself. I’m really grateful for the work we’ve done together and I’m looking forward to the future

Danielle G, London

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A caring, thoughtful and sensitive experience

Will G, Bristol

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Martyn was incredibly helpful and equipped me to face issues with my family background. His personable style and gentle steering gave me the tools to move forward and grow into a greater sense of self awareness

Russ Coleman, Gateshead

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Two phonecalls were all I needed to see things from a different point of view and to feel empowered to make some drastical changes in my life . Thanks Martyn, for being the best listener and for your great insights!

Birgit Derpoorter, Bruges

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Wow! Martyn has just unstuck me with an issue that has been completely frozen for sixteen years. I am astonished at how he manages to be kind, sympathetic and insightful at the same time as delivering clear, concise and honest advice.

I want to say 'brutally' honest, but there was nothing brutal about it. He also helped me to formulate a clear plan of action, and made excellent suggestions for a support structure to take me through the very difficult steps ahead of me. I won't hesitate to recommend him to anyone who is ready to be helped.

Janice Day, Hay on Wye

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Not ready to book yet? Start with something gentle.

• Emotional Clarity Guides

• Inner Child Reassurance Cards

• Absent Father Healing Tools

• Workshops & Community Walks

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About Me

I’m Martyn, an Emotional Clarity Coach based in the Shoreham By Sea, Sussex area with face to face sessions locally and in London.
I help adults untangle lifelong emotional patterns created by complicated family dynamics.

My work is grounded, calm, spiritually inclusive, and designed for people who want to understand themselves deeply — without shame, pressure, or judgment.

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Book a Session

If you’re ready to feel lighter, clearer, and more grounded in your own life, I’d love to support you.

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