Ben Chapman
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(MA, PG Dip Couns, MBACP Accred, BAPPS, EMDR Europe, UK and Ireland)
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About me
I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor, Accredited EMDR Practitioner and Trainee EMDR Consultant working in Private Practice, based in Worcester City Centre. My practice is based on Sansome Walk which runs parallel to Foregate Street and is two minutes walk from Foregate Street Station.
I currently provide individual sessions, couples sessions and specialist EMDR sessions for clients as well as clinical supervision for Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
I am also offering EMDR Consultation, as part of my Consultants accreditation, with EMDR UK at reduced rates.
I specialise in
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Bereavement and loss
- Bullying
- Clinical supervision
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Lack of self- confidence and self-esteem
- Sight impairment
- Sexual problems
- Sexuality and identity
- Sexual, physical and emotional abuse
- Relationship difficulties and breakdowns
- Work related stress
- Young people’s counselling
- EMDR and trauma work.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have an MA and a post graduate diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling from Birmingham University and I am an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
I am a fully accredited EMDR Practitioner with EMDR Europe, UK and Ireland. I am also an approved Attachment Focused EMDR Practitioner with the Parnell Institute.
I am working towards my EMDR Consultants accreditation with EMDR UK at the moment.
I am a level 7 trained (MA Equivalent) Clinical Supervisor and a member of the British Association of Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervisors (Organisational member of UKCP).
I provide individual sessions, couples sessions and specialist EMDR sessions for clients as well as Clinical Supervision for Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
I am also offering EMDR Consultation at a reduced rate, as a part of my EMDR Consultants Accreditation.
I have very varied professional experience. Before retraining I worked as a community worker and social worker in Liverpool city centre which gave me solid grounding in many different areas.
I began my therapeutic career as a therapist for NHS long term adult psychology services and then as a therapist for the NHS sexual health and psychosexual service in Worcester. Following these grounding experiences I began to develop my private practice in Worcester.
Originally my private practice was made up of different strands including working as an associate of Worcester therapy Group for 5 years, as a member of the West Mercia Police Affiliate Network for 7 years, as a therapist for the NHS Sexual Health and Psychosexual Team for 7 years and as a therapist for BUPA as well as varying EAPS.
As the practice developed I moved to self referral and the practice now focuses on providing individual, couples and Specialist EMDR sessions to clients and Supervision to Psychotherapists and Counsellors.
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)
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.
EMDR Europe (EMDR Europe)
EMDR Europe
Accredited register membership
Accredited Register Scheme
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This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
Assessment Sessions £65
Individual Sessions £65
EMDR and Attachment Focused EMDR £70
Couples Sessions £70
Clinical Supervision £70 for experienced professionals, fees negotiable for trainees.
EMDR Consultation, fees negotiable.
Further information
I work in an integrative way, using different methods according to the different issues presented by individual clients. Clients individual needs and presenting issues are assessed during the initial assessment session, allowing the therapeutic approach to be tailored to address the work that needs to be done and the changes that clients want to make.
