Hi, I’m Ben.
I’m a qualified person-centred counsellor with a broad range of experience, and a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). This means you can feel confident that my practice is grounded in professional standards, ethical practice and appropriate training.
Counselling is more than a job to me – it’s a way of being and I feel incredibly privileged to do it. I often think of the moment in the film Billy Elliot when Billy describes dancing as feeling like electricity. That’s how counselling feels to me: a spark, a connection, and an opportunity to help people grow and discover more about themselves.
Kindness is at the heart of my practice.
My role is to listen carefully, offer empathy and provide unconditional positive regard – accepting you as you are, without judgment. I aim to create a safe, welcoming space where you feel heard, understood, and supported.
Together, we can explore whatever is bringing you to counselling, helping you make sense of your thoughts and feelings and discover your own ways forward. You set the pace, and we work together.
My approach
I fell in love with the person-centred approach, developed by Carl Rogers, from the moment I began studying it. At its heart is the belief that the therapeutic relationship between the counsellor and client is incredibly important.
For me, counselling is about creating a genuine, trusting connection where you feel able to be yourself. I believe that collaboration and empowerment are fundamental to good counselling – you are the expert in your own life, and my role is to support you as you explore it.
My counselling work
I’m very fortunate to provide private counselling in partnership with The Movement Centre in Oswestry which provides a confidential and welcoming space for clients. I also feel incredibly privileged to work with Lingen Davies Cancer Support from the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
This partnership means I can support adults who are caring for someone living with cancer. This might be a family member, partner, friend or another close person. You can find out more about this work here.
I’m also a counsellor with Rekindle – a charity supporting 16-25 year olds across mid Wales.
Outside of counselling, I love volunteering supporting charities like the Teenage Cancer Trust, King’s Trust and for Love Button, a charity connected to the band Coldplay.
I’m also a massive fan of live music and I’m always in awe of the natural beauty around me, which inspired many of the images on this website as well as my logo.
Qualifications and professional standards
- Diploma in therapeutic counselling (person-centred therapy)
- Certificate in counselling skills (person-centred therapy)
- Certificate in counselling concepts (person-centred therapy)
- Certificate in online and telephone counselling
- Cruse Bereavement: working with bereavement and loss training
- Attachment theory in practice
- Safeguarding young people
- Safeguarding adults
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- Professional training in a wide range of topics including using stones in therapy and equality and diversity
- I’m committed to ongoing continual professional development (CPD) with a strong belief that continual learning will only further strengthen and enhance my practice
- I have an enhanced DBS check for adults and children and I’m a registered member of the BACP
