About Benjamin
Benjamin Bamber is a counsellor who aims to help people facing anxiety, stress, phobias and relationship concerns. He works with people who are dealing with addiction, grief, low self-esteem and issues around intimacy. He also supports those coping with change, mood problems and challenges related to identity and sexual orientation.
Benjamin is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. Benjamin takes a straightforward, practical approach in sessions. He blends a client-centred way of listening with cognitive behavioural techniques.
Background and approach
That means conversations begin with your priorities, then build short-term strategies you can try between sessions. He keeps language plain and focuses on steps you can use day to day. In practice he helps clients notice and test unhelpful thoughts, plan small behavioural changes and practise new coping skills.
He offers tools for sleep, anger, addictive behaviours and body-image worries, plus support for emotional hurts such as abandonment and shame. He aims to make techniques easy to apply outside the counselling hour. Benjamin has three years of professional experience and works online with video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. He speaks English and does not take international clients. People who want a respectful, down-to-earth counsellor may find his style useful.
He invites clients to set the pace and to shape goals together. If someone prefers a mix of listening and practical skills work, his approach is intended to be collaborative and goal-focused.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy emphasises attentive listening and building a supportive relationship. The counsellor follows your lead, reflects what you say and helps you clarify priorities. This approach suits people who need space to tell their story and decide what they want to change.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It involves setting clear goals, trying practical experiments and learning coping tools for anxiety, phobias, sleep problems and distressing habits. CBT sessions often include short tasks to practise between appointments.
Finding the right approach usually happens together. Benjamin will work with you to choose whether more listening, more skills work or a blend fits best. He uses your goals, preferences and what’s most helpful in early sessions to shape the plan collaboratively.
Online work uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video is useful for longer conversations and skills work, phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or low-bandwidth situations, and live chat or messaging can suit brief updates or when writing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family duties and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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