About Benjamin
Benjamin Raffles trained as a counsellor and has been practising for eight years. He works from the United Kingdom and supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, low self-esteem and depression. He also helps with life changes and related strains such as panic, phobias and problems with money or purpose.
Before qualifying he ran an independent counselling practice and launched a low-cost service to widen access to counselling. That early experience informed his later independent practice in Somerset and his focus on practical, approachable help.
How Benjamin works
He uses an integrative approach, combining ideas from person-centred work, Gestalt and transactional analysis alongside modern existential thinking. This means sessions are shaped around each person rather than following a fixed format. Conversations may include reflection, gentle challenge and experiments to try between sessions.
Benjamin aims to create a calm and respectful space where people can talk honestly about what matters. He treats clients as the experts on their lives and helps them spot choices they might not have noticed. Work can feel freeing or demanding at times, and he stays alongside the person while they try new ways of coping.
Practical issues such as caregiver stress, communication breakdowns, abandonment wounds, guilt and shame are all within his remit. He also offers support for social anxiety, panic attacks, isolation and midlife questions using straightforward, evidence-based techniques.
What Benjamin works with
The areas below are the ones Benjamin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches online and how they help
Benjamin draws on person-centred work which focuses on listening deeply and helping people feel understood. This approach helps when someone needs space to talk through feelings and make their own decisions.He also uses elements of Gestalt therapy that encourage present-moment awareness and simple experiments in sessions to try new ways of being. These techniques can help with stuck patterns, relationship habits and decisions about life direction.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their needs and goals, adjusting methods if something does not fit. The process is shared and flexible, with regular check-ins about what is helpful.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video helps keep a face-to-face feel, phone calls use less bandwidth and live chat or messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around work, caring duties or short breaks in the day while still receiving consistent therapeutic support.
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