About me
Hi, my name’s Ben I’m a person-centred (humanistic) psychotherapist. My strength in therapy is working with:
- complex trauma
- difficult family and personal relationships
- anxieties about sex and relationships
I work in short term and long term capacities with adults aged 18 - 70 and am looking to see how you can gain the awareness and kindness for yourself to cope and move forward in your world.
I am interested in gender, relationships and systems of control in our society that prevent clear and informed decisions for each person. I am inspired by the dance of the inner child in each person and how masculine and feminine energies work to bring us closer to ourselves. I welcome alternative viewpoints on subjects and am comfortable with the expression of that.
While it may be obvious in this profession, I think it’s important to state that I am willing to be with the discomfort and sadness that you may have in the therapeutic space, but am able to also recognise and acknowledge any joy that you may feel.
My background is in singing and music and I welcome new and creative ways to work therapeutically in this capacity around all aspects of voice such as repressed voice, inner voice, breath and the difficulty of expressing what you really want to say. My musical background has informed a great understanding of aesthetics, beauty, emotional mood and atmosphere that I draw on in my empathic offering in the therapeutic space.
As a person I try to see the most curious and interested perspective of another human and understand that we are mostly striving to do and be our best.
'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, 3 & 2 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Master of Music (MMus)
- 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)
- 'Working with shame: The UnShaming Way' workshop (David Bedrick)
- 'Exploring our experience of Belonging' workshop (Online Events)
- 'Why trauma holds you back' seminar (Gabor Mate)
- 'Understanding Intergenerational Trauma' seminar (MindSpring)
- 'Survivor Voices: Domestic Abuse' (Happiful)
- 'Working with Domestic Abuse' (Happiful)
- 'Domestic Violence & Abuse in Relationships' (Happiful)
- 'The trauma and fear continuum' (Stefan Charidge workshop)
- 'Attachment Styles: How Relationships Are Shaped by Patterns of Safety, Stress, and Communication' webinar (MindSpring)
- 'Pesso Boyden Workshop' (The Practice Rooms, London)
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).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Photos & videos
Fees
£65.00 - £85.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Individual session from £65 for the counselling hour (50 mins) in Bishop's Stortford and from £85 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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