Charles Bennett, BACP

Counsellor Charles Bennett is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. He works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief and depression. Sessions are conducted in English.

Charles uses a straightforward, person-focused approach in sessions. He treats the client as the expert on their life and looks for strengths that can help with change. Conversations are practical and aimed at understanding the problem and what the client wants to be different.

He draws on Client-Centred Therapy to build a working relationship based on respect and understanding. That approach helps people speak openly about painful events and difficult feelings. He also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and seeks small, manageable changes.

Common issues he focuses on include addictions, traumatic experiences, depression, grief and anxiety. He also supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, communication and control issues, dissociation, impulsivity and feelings of isolation. He notes experience supporting men with emotional problems and life-purpose questions.

Practical first steps are simple. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then book an initial session. The counsellor works together with each person to agree how to proceed and what to focus on.

How his approaches translate to online counselling