Benjamin ('Beni') Fleischer, BACP

Benjamin ('Beni') Fleischer works from the belief that how a person relates to others and to life events ultimately comes back to their relationship with themselves. He frames that relationship in terms of what is visible and what lies beneath the surface - the background, personality, family, community, religion, race, gender and sexuality that quietly shape feelings and choices. By attending to these hidden influences, clients can increase self-awareness, regain a sense of agency and begin to make different choices in their lives.

He encourages people to treat life as something to be lived with intention rather than endured in survival mode. Difficult experiences can contain opportunities for growth and learning, but those possibilities are often concealed until they are explored. Talking therapy is offered as a way to put in the sustained effort needed to uncover those opportunities and to process experiences rather than deny or escape them.

He guides clients at a pace that suits them and aims to create a non-judgmental space where strengths and vulnerabilities can be acknowledged. Having navigated his own mid-life challenges, he draws on both personal experience and professional training to support others through similar moments of uncertainty. Trained in integrative humanistic counselling and in spiritual self-awareness from a Jewish Orthodox Torah perspective, he has worked with people from diverse backgrounds during his time in NHS settings. He works one-to-one with anxiety, depression and related concerns, and his practice is supervised and conducted within the ethical framework of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).

Therapeutic approaches and online care with Benjamin ('Beni') Fleischer

Benjamin integrates several complementary approaches to support change. Client-Centered Therapy places the client's experience at the heart of sessions - the therapist offers empathy and acceptance so the person can explore feelings, build self-esteem and work through relationship and identity concerns. Psychodynamic Therapy focuses on the deeper patterns and hidden influences that shape behaviour - exploring early relationships, recurring themes and unconscious conflicts can help when coping with longstanding difficulties such as attachment issues, trauma responses or persistent relational patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy is a brief, goal-oriented approach that identifies practical steps and strengths to address immediate problems and improve coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Benjamin works collaboratively with each person to select and adapt methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences. He aims to tailor sessions so that short-term relief and longer-term understanding can both be achieved as appropriate.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to schedule work around life, to maintain continuity when travel or relocation occurs, and to access registered professionals from different locations. These options allow therapy to be more accessible while preserving the therapeutic relationship and clinical focus that underpin effective change.