Ben Jones

I am a psychotherapeutic counsellor and relational body psychotherapist working face-to-face and online in Brighton & Hove. My aim is to meet people in their uniqueness and help them explore how they are living, bringing care and attention to their experiences in the safe, confidential container of therapy. This can be for a short period or more open ended, but fundamentally I offer a deeply therapeutic space where reconnection and healing can unfold, as well as a supportive and collaborative environment from which we can discover new ways of making emotional sense together.

Therapy can be sought out for various reasons: sometimes to speak of suffering that has never been fully expressed or acknowledged, other times to share a vague feeling of something being 'off' or as an attempt to gain insight into how life's headwind has shaped you. Whatever is going on, my focus is to help you turn things over at a pace that feels right and is aligned to your needs: exploring what you choose but also supporting what may want to be worked with more deeply.

My approach is rooted in the trust that we all do the best we can - the best that we know so far - shaped from how we grew up and where we need to exist today. Each of us crafts a solution to these experiences of past and present, which although brilliant, often limits our attempts to change and grow. The therapeutic relationship is a creative foundation to develop this trust further, welcoming an expression of all the thoughts, needs and emotions that want to arrive in your life but struggle to find a stage. It can also help reflect difficult themes, issues or old and stuck patterns, giving us the chance to shift and make new meanings from these stories between us.

Ultimately I provide a restorative space to make deeper contact with where you are - to be real - but most of all to begin to do things differently, giving possibility not only to living more easily, but in a more meaningful way with yourself and others.

I work from the Practice Rooms on 160-162 Church Road.

It is well connected and there are various travel routes including supermarket parking at the local Tesco opposite my practice, pay&display nearby and accessible major bus routes. Hove station can also be walked to within 10 minutes.

If you do not live locally or would rather meet online then we can meet using Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, etc.

Qualifications & Experience

• PGDip in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling – University of Brighton
  
  
• Advanced Diploma in Embodied-Relational Therapy (Body Psychotherapy) – ERT Association
  
  
• Diploma in Existential-Analytic Psychotherapy – SAFPAC (Ongoing)
  
  
• Certified Brainspotting Phase 1&2 (Trauma Therapy) – BSP UK
  
  
• Level 2&3 in Counselling Skills/Studies – Counselling and Psychotherapy Training Academy

I am a member of the BACP and abide by their code of ethics, as well as a member of Body Psychotherapy Network, the ERTA and the Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling (SAFPAC). I also have full Professional Liability Insurance and I'm enhanced DBS certified.

In the past I have worked in various clinical settings including national charities, local low cost therapy services and as an honorary psychotherapist within the NHS. I also have experience working within an IAPT service and so understand how difficult it can be to heal and transform in manualised treatments (CBT) that invariably leave little space for the complexity of who you are.

It's worth mentioning that while therapy is an unfolding process that starts with a conversation - one both grounded and imaginative - the opportunities for how we work can move beyond this. Sometimes it can feel important to explore body based experiences: movement, breath, habitual gestures, internal sensations, or even the potential of working outside. Equally we may just sit, talk and follow what emerges between us.

Initial Session

The first session is a chance for you to speak about what's brought you to therapy, including the possibility that you don't feel all that clear and want to explore this a little further with me. It's also an opportunity to get a sense of how we may work together, for us both to see whether we feel a good fit, as well as to begin to build some trust between us.

Session Fees

• £55 - £65 per 50 minute session

This is on a sliding scale based on what you can afford and what we agree during our initial session. I am willing to negotiate the fee depending on circumstances, although I have a limited number of concessionary spaces. You are welcome to check this with me.

Availability

I work Tuesday to Friday with a mixture of daytime and evening hours. Each session will be for 50 minutes, usually weekly, although I am open to various practical arrangements.

* Please check with me regarding my current availability.

I am a psychotherapeutic counsellor and relational body psychotherapist working face-to-face and online in Brighton & Hove. My aim is to meet people in their uniqueness and help them explore how they are living, bringing care and attention to their experiences in the safe, confidential container of therapy. This can be for a short period or more open ended, but fundamentally I offer a deeply therapeutic space where reconnection and healing can unfold, as well as a supportive and collaborative environment from which we can discover new ways of making emotional sense together.

Therapy can be sought out for various reasons: sometimes to speak of suffering that has never been fully expressed or acknowledged, other times to share a vague feeling of something being 'off' or as an attempt to gain insight into how life's headwind has shaped you. Whatever is going on, my focus is to help you turn things over at a pace that feels right and is aligned to your needs: exploring what you choose but also supporting what may want to be worked with more deeply.

My approach is rooted in the trust that we all do the best we can - the best that we know so far - shaped from how we grew up and where we need to exist today. Each of us crafts a solution to these experiences of past and present, which although brilliant, often limits our attempts to change and grow. The therapeutic relationship is a creative foundation to develop this trust further, welcoming an expression of all the thoughts, needs and emotions that want to arrive in your life but struggle to find a stage. It can also help reflect difficult themes, issues or old and stuck patterns, giving us the chance to shift and make new meanings from these stories between us.

Ultimately I provide a restorative space to make deeper contact with where you are - to be real - but most of all to begin to do things differently, giving possibility not only to living more easily, but in a more meaningful way with yourself and others.

I work from the Practice Rooms on 160-162 Church Road.

It is well connected and there are various travel routes including accessible major bus routes, supermarket parking at the local Tesco and pay&display nearby. Hove station can also be walked to within 10 minutes.

If you do not live locally or would rather meet online then we can meet using Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, etc.

Qualifications & Experience

• PGDip in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling – University of Brighton
  
  
• Advanced Diploma in Embodied-Relational Therapy (Body Psychotherapy) – ERT Association
  
  
• Diploma in Existential-Analytic Psychotherapy – SAFPAC (Ongoing)
  
  
• Certified Brainspotting Phase 1&2 (Trauma Therapy) – BSP UK
  
  
• Level 2&3 in Counselling Skills/Studies – Counselling and Psychotherapy Training Academy

Initial Session

The first session is a chance for you to speak about what's brought you to therapy, including the possibility that you don't feel all that clear and want to explore this a little further with me. It's also an opportunity to get a sense of how we may work together, for us both to see whether we feel a good fit, as well as to begin to build some trust between us.

Session Fees

• £55 - £65 per 50 minute session

This is on a sliding scale based on what you can afford and what we agree during our initial session. I am willing to negotiate the fee depending on circumstances, although I have a limited number of concessionary spaces. You are welcome to check this with me.

Availability

I work Tuesday to Friday with a mixture of daytime and evening hours. Each session will be for 50 minutes, usually weekly, although I am open to various practical arrangements.

* Please check with me regarding my current availability.