Ben Bennett
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About me
Hi. I imagine you are here because you have a desire for some change in your life. Being understood and feeling safe while opening up are really important so it is important that you find someone you can trust, be honest and be at ease with as you work through whatever issues you are facing. I hope I can be of service to you on your journey so please read on. You are welcome to contact me for a short 15 - 20 minute phone or Zoom conversation free of charge to share what your needs are and if you have any questions.
My approach
I am a Psychosynthesis counsellor and possess a transpersonal and integrative approach to therapy. I am influenced by Gestalt, Family Systems, Embodied Therapy, and Interpersonal psychotherapeutic thought.
I believe the soul to be central to our existence, its journey paramount, and its innate wisdom our guide. Very often the harshness and pace of the modern world force us into ways of being that are more about survival than freedom and authenticity. I aim to create a space where the deeper, subtler, often forgotten parts of yourself may have time and space to be seen and heard, to have expression again, with the ultimate goal of self-realisation.
What to expect
Sessions would employ various ways of bringing you more fully into awareness of any difficulties you are facing and enable you to tap into the unexpressed potential you possess, working with among other things, memory & imagination, visualisation, breath and the body, art, and the world of your emotions. I work mainly with what you bring trusting that you are the expert on your life. However, I will also inquire further into, and challenge beliefs and ideas you hold about yourself and the world inviting you to share as much as you can of your mental, physical, and emotional experience as we go along as I strongly believe we are all a work in progress. This new and ever-expanding awareness is then the basis for deeper reflection and improved choice. The therapy should empower you to change, grow, and experience increased joy, peace, and agency. I provide a safe, respectful, honest, and non-judgemental space where you can freely share what has brought you to therapy, and through relationship rediscover your true self.
I value truth, justice, and harmony and my work is collaborative and relational. This means the quality of the relationship between us is essential for the work – I see what emerges between us and in the space is of great importance. At times I will share with you how I experience you to illuminate the everyday patterns you may be moving in and through to help you be more conscious of the impact you have, how you navigate the world, and what meaning you have made of what has happened and is happening to you.
Our lives can be among other things complex, painful, and disappointing yet within all of these lie the seeds of our growth, development, and our evolution. Psychosynthesis views the person and the identity as potentially restricted and limited by the wounds that the events of our childhoods and adult lives have inflicted upon them, and also as a soul on a journey, here to learn from these and experience all that we can become; to love and be loved.
The first session and beyond
In your first session the focus will be us building a shared picture of you and your life. I will ask you a range of questions about you (childhood, family & friends, relationships, work, health, etc.) that help me place your need for therapy in a context. This will enable me to 'meet' you and serve as a starting point for the work that follows.
After this session, if you would like to continue, we can agree to another 5 sessions during which, holding your issue(s) in the foreground, we begin to explore how you navigate the world around you, respond to highs and lows, and make the choices you do, or feel compelled to. It is then sensible to review the work and you can decide if you wish to continue for a longer period of time, fixed or open ended.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Psychosynthesis Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 - £80.00
Free initial telephone session
Additional information
- £70 - 50 minute session
- £80 - 60 minute session
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I currently have limited availability. I am holding consultation calls.
Further information
I am of mixed heritage. I have a background and extensive experience in acting in and directing for theatre, a drama school tutor, and as a teaching assistant in mainstream education, PRUs, and Special Educational Needs. I previously worked across all three of these fields for 20 years and in a wide variety of roles and organisations.
