About me
Hello, I’m Tuesday Anne Benfield.
I am an integrative counsellor with extensive experience and additional specialist training in ADHD (diagnosed or undiagnosed), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and trauma. I have dedicated much of my professional development to supporting people experiencing these difficulties.
If you have ADHD, you may experience challenges such as rejection sensitivity, perfectionism, shame, emotional dysregulation, burnout, low self-esteem, anxiety, difficulties with time management, and challenges within relationships and friendships. Together, we can explore how ADHD affects your daily life and work towards healing and managing these challenges. We can regulate your nervous system, process your emotions, better understand your patterns, develop healthier coping strategies, and improve your relationships, confidence, and overall wellbeing.
If you experience obsessive intrusive thoughts, you may be living with OCD. This can feel frightening, overwhelming, and isolating. You may experience a strong fear of causing harm to yourself or others, Relationship OCD (ROCD), contamination fears, health-related obsessions, or many other forms of OCD. In an attempt to reduce anxiety, you might find yourself using compulsions. These can include seeking reassurance from others, mentally reviewing situations to gain certainty, repeatedly checking that things in your home are safe, or engaging in other reassurance-seeking or repetitive behaviours. Together, we can work towards becoming more comfortable with uncertainty, reducing compulsions and anxiety, and gaining a deeper understanding of yourself. I use Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), an evidence-based, scientifically supported treatment for OCD, alongside other therapeutic approaches to help you break free from OCD.
Trauma: Many people experience trauma, and I have years of experience supporting people through its impact. I work with those who have experienced childhood trauma, loss, abandonment, domestic and sexual violence, involvement in sex work, and many other difficult life experiences. I provide a warm, safe, and compassionate space where you can process your trauma at your own pace, make sense of what has happened, regulate your nervous system, reduce the impact trauma has on your daily life, and move towards healing. I also have specialist experience supporting survivors involved in complex, high-profile abuse and rape cases.
You may also be struggling with anxiety, low mood, or repeating relationship patterns and feel unsure why they keep happening or how to break free from them. I also work with people experiencing a wide range of life challenges, including work-related stress, hormonal changes, PMDD, anger management, single parenting, and many other difficulties.
Where appropriate, my work goes beyond exploring thoughts and emotions. I also help clients develop emotional regulation skills and understand how stress and trauma can affect the body and nervous system. Sometimes our bodies hold onto experiences long after they have happened, and healing involves more than talking. When it feels right for you, I integrate nervous system regulation and somatic approaches alongside psychological therapy to support both your emotional and physical wellbeing.
Whatever has brought you to therapy, I will work alongside you to make sense of your experiences, struggles, and emotions, helping you recognise your strengths while supporting your healing. I am down-to-earth, compassionate, and professional, and I strive to create a contained warm, non-judgemental space where you feel heard, understood and accepted.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have dedicated a significant part of my professional development to studying, researching, ADHD and neurodivergence, as well as OCD, anxiety, and trauma. I am passionate about continually developing my knowledge so I can offer the best possible support to my clients.
I have experience working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences. I have supported clients through everyday challenges as well as complex and high-risk situations, including survivors involved in high-profile rape and sexual abuse cases.
Alongside my professional qualifications as a therapeutic counsellor, I bring lived experience of ADHD, which at times co-exists with other neurodivergent traits, as well as OCD, anxiety, and trauma. This gives me both professional knowledge and a personal understanding of how these experiences can affect everyday life. I remain committed to ongoing training, research, and professional development to ensure I provide safe, ethical, and effective support.
Qualifications and Professional Development
Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Integrative Counselling, including CBT, Psychodynamic, and Person-Centred approaches)
OCD Specialist Training
ADHD Specialist Training
Neurodivergence Specialist Training
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Training
Trauma Recovery Training
IAPT Work-Based Training in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Anxiety and Depression Training
Domestic and Sexual Violence Training
Trauma Training
Complex Trauma Training
Specialist Training for Working with Sex Workers
Attachment, Loss and Bereavement Training
Somatic Healing and Nervous System Regulation Training
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
Fees
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Additional information
I charge £85.00 for face to face sessions and £65.00 for online or telephone sessions.
Further information
I am mainly based in Highgate, Kentish Town, Holloway and Highbury.
I work some early mornings before clients start work. I have daytime slots avalable and limited weekend and evening slots.
I offer face to face therapy, online therapy, telephone therapy and walking therapy (weather- permitted)
I am open to short- and long-term therapy.
