Kate Benton
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About me
I am a warm and interactive counsellor and psychotherapist. I am interested in supporting people to explore themselves and how they relate to others. Through self-awareness and understanding, we can begin to form different perspectives on our difficulties, and to develop strategies for managing both ourselves and our relationships in more satisfying ways.
I offer a confidential, non-judgemental environment where you can talk at your pace about thoughts and experiences you might not find easy to share with those around you.
By exploring your issues together, I can help you become clearer about who you are and what you want and need, as well as developing a better understanding of the people around you. This can help you to make positive decisions in your life, develop new opportunities, improve your relationships, and manage difficult times with more balance and self-acceptance.
Some of the areas I work with include:
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationships
- Career
- Conflict & Anger
- Sexuality & sexual identity
- Bereavement
- Personal growth & development
I practice at Homa Therapy, Islington, at the Open Door centre in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and Online.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Diploma in Psychotherapy from Spectrum Therapy (an organisational member of UKCP), and an Advanced Certificate in Systemic Family Therapy from the Institute of Family Therapy. I undertake on-going CPD with Spectrum and elsewhere.
As well as my experience in private practice, I have worked as a counsellor at City & Hackney Mind, a bereavement counsellor with Cruse, and a primary school play therapist with Place 2 Be.
I have undertaken courses in:
- Transforming relationships
- Gestalt Therapy
- Somatic Work
- Working with Anger
- The 3 tiers of the Spectrum programme in Sexuality; Basic, Intermediate & Advanced
- Childhood Sexual Abuse: Occurrence and Prevention
- Grief, Bereavement & Loss
- Non-Violent Communication (NVC)
- Play Therapy with Primary School Children
I am an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), abide by the BACP Ethical Framework and adhere to its Professional Code of Practice.
Prior to training as a psychotherapist, I worked in engineering design consultancy in the construction industry, both as a designer and in senior management.
Member organisations
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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
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Fees
£70.00 - £100.00
Additional information
I see individual adults and couples for counselling and psychotherapy. Please specify your preferred location when you contact me:
London:
£80 for 50-minute individual session
£100 for 60-minute couples session
Berkhamsted:
£70 for 50-minute individual session
£90 for 60-minute couples session
When I work
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Tuesday & Thursdays in Berkhamsted / online.
Wednesdays in London.
