About me
I’m an integrative counsellor, which means that I am always led by the people I work with, tailoring my approach to each individual client. I have experience of working with clients who have faced depression, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, identity issues, low self-esteem, perfectionism, anger problems, relationship and familial issues, trauma and addictions of all kinds. My approach is calm, warm and welcoming: ensuring that my clients feel safe, supported and able to get the most out of therapy. For more information please check my website: www.benwhitetherapy.co.uk
Training, qualifications & experience
I have worked in a variety of mental health settings, with asylum seekers and refugees, young adults in care, those wanting to change their behaviour around drugs and alcohol in the community and within prisons.
I currently manage a small team of counsellors who treat addiction and trauma in a residential setting. I have a Masters degree in Addiction Psychology and Counselling as well as qualifications in Trauma Focused CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention.
I also have a research background in problematic smartphone usage and have experience supporting individuals change their behaviour around phone and social media usage
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
Fees
£80.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
When I work
I have current availability for online and in person sessions on weekday evenings.
Further information
I have current availability for weekday evenings, online and in person.
I usually offer a free telephone consultation - we can spend some time discussing how therapy with me would work, what you would be looking to get out of it and how we can best work together to ensure that you get what you need!
I am a registered practitioner with the British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (BACP) and am bound by their ethical framework and practice requirements.
Additionally, I have been accredited by the BACP which means that I meet their higher standards as a competent, ethical and independent practitioner.
