Ben Kerslake
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About me
I believe in the strength of kindness and my ability to offer that kindness to you in the counselling space. My empathy has been developed through many years of personal work and an understanding of what courage looks like to explore difficult feelings and emotions. I have faith that other people can find space for their own courage in a way that suits them. This can create a pathway to self-awareness, where we are more certain about who we are and why we do the things we do. When this occurs a new relationship with self and others can emerge that is more at ease, warm, and nurturing. In this state we are able to grow and pursue things more freely without the constraints of our past or previous perception of ourself getting in the way. It is essentially a way to find love for ourselves and to let that emanate in our interactions with others. This in turn helps us feel more relaxed and relaxes others who come in contact with us.
It's all about you...trust that I will assist your journey with empathy, care and kindness. You can sit in sadness, you can cry, yell, scream, laugh, shout, sit in slience...I will be with your emotions and feelings.
Let's work with your anxiety, depression, ADHD, low self-esteem or family issues, among others things, and see what's going on.
'Walk and talk' counselling available
Up-to-date adult and child safeguarding training
DBS checked
Full insurance
Training, qualifications & experience
- MBACP (registered BACP counsellor)
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Bachelor of Arts (communication & cultural studies)
- Bereavement training with the Road Victims Trust (RVT)
- 'Impact of child sexual abuse on adult survivors and their relationships' workshop (Into the Light)
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
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Individual session from £60 for the counselling hour (50 mins) in Bishop's Stortford and from £75 in London (Liverpool Street)
Concessions may be offered for counselling students in training, low income, unemployed, OAPs
72 hours notice for cancellation of session or a standard session fee (as above) will be charged
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