Matthew Bennett, BACP

Matthew Bennett is a counsellor and a BACP member with three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. He works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and depression. He also lists a wide range of related concerns he helps people with, such as attachment and abandonment, communication problems, and issues faced by veterans and first responders.

Matthew describes his way of working as humanistic and relational. He places importance on the connection between counsellor and client and treats this as part of the work itself. Sessions are organized around honest discussion and paying attention to patterns that show up in life and relationships.

In practice he helps people talk through difficult feelings and confusing situations. That can include sitting with uncertainty, looking at painful emotions, and naming habits that get in the way of change. He aims to help people increase awareness and find clarity about what matters to them.

Clients can expect a collaborative approach where decisions about focus and pace are shared. Matthew uses Client-Centred and Existential ideas to guide sessions while keeping to what each person brings. He supports people to notice how they relate to themselves and others and to consider different ways of responding.

He works across a range of life issues linked to identity and relationships, including guilt, shame, codependency, commitment doubts, loneliness and questions about life purpose. People who want a straightforward, conversational way of exploring these topics may find his style suitable.

How his approaches translate to online counselling