About Tricia
Tricia Benson is a counsellor with eight years' experience supporting people through hard times. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Tricia aims to offer a calm, respectful space where people can speak honestly and at their own pace.
She draws on person-centred work to make sure each session follows the client's needs. That means listening first and helping people find their own answers.
How Tricia works
She also uses psychodynamic ideas to gently look at how past events may be shaping current feelings and behaviour. In practice Tricia helps with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression and grief. She also supports people with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, sleep problems and career worries.
Additional areas of focus include attachment difficulties, caregiver stress, communication problems and coping with life changes. Her background includes roles with UK charities and services such as Age Concern, AXA Health, MindWorks and a bereavement counselling service. These settings have given her experience working with people facing illness, loss and major life transitions.
Sessions are tailored to the person and done at a comfortable pace. Tricia encourages straightforward conversation about what a person wants to change and practical steps that can help. She welcomes enquiries from people in the United Kingdom who wish to explore therapy.
Tricia lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Tricia works with
The areas below are the ones Tricia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| 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
How Tricia’s approaches translate to online therapy
Tricia uses client-centred work to keep the focus on the person's experience. This approach means sessions follow what matters most to the client, with the counsellor listening closely and reflecting back to help clarify feelings and priorities. It is useful for people who need a sounding board and clear, non-judgemental support.She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to gently consider how past relationships and events might be influencing current patterns. This can help when worries, repeated reactions or long-standing moods feel hard to shift, as it brings awareness to those patterns in a paced way.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Tricia will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and adapt methods to suit each person. The process is collaborative and reviewed as therapy progresses so the plan fits the individual's needs.
Online sessions offer practical benefits for many people. Video calls let the therapist and client see each other's expressions and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit more easily into a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins and written reflection when speaking is difficult. These options give flexibility to match the format to the person's life and to make regular work on concerns more achievable.
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