what we help with
Different names, one mechanism underneath.
People arrive with a word — anxiety, insomnia, the drinking, my confidence.
And the word matters, because it is how you have been carrying it. But underneath most of this list is the same small set of things: a brain predicting threat, a pattern practised until it runs on its own, and a nervous system that has not properly stood down in a long time.
Which is why the list is long and the work is not a different thing for each item on it.
If yours isn’t here, it almost certainly still fits. Ask us, and explore it on a free initial session.
Mind
How you think, feel and react.
- Anxiety and worry
- general anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, health anxiety, driving anxiety, blushing, sexual performance anxiety, stage fright and performance nerves, test and exam anxiety, anxiety in children and young people
- Mood and thinking
- depression and low mood, negative and intrusive thoughts, building a positive mindset, OCD, and support alongside medical care for bipolar and borderline personality disorder
- LGBT+
- identity, coming out, and the anxiety, confidence and relationship questions that can travel with them — a specialism of Benn’s
- Fears and phobias
- phobias of any kind — common ones include agoraphobia, spiders, emetophobia (the fear of being sick), flying and needles
- Confidence and self-worth
- confidence, body image, imposter syndrome, public speaking
- Grief and loss
- bereavement, losing a pet, and support for people living with or caring for someone with dementia
- Trauma
- trauma and PTSD, alongside specialist care where that’s what’s needed
- Anger
Body
What the nervous system does with it.
- Sleep and rest
- insomnia, broken sleep, and not being able to switch off
- Pain
- persistent pain, fibromyalgia, headaches and migraines
- Reducing reliance on medication
- as stress settles or confidence returns, some people find — with the person who prescribes it — that they can reduce a dose they have been leaning on. We never promise it, and we never change medication ourselves
- Living with a long-term condition
- the pain, fatigue and worry that come with a chronic illness, and support alongside medical care for functional neurological disorder (FND)
- Stress in the body
- stress and burnout, excessive sweating, blood pressure, IBS, bladder urgency and shy bladder, tinnitus, teeth grinding and jaw clenching
- Skin
- the stress and scratch–itch side of eczema and psoriasis
- Food and weight
- weight, your relationship with food, eating well without a diet, restricted eating, food as comfort
- Habits
- nail biting, hair pulling, skin picking, adult bedwetting, and habits generally
- Dependencies
- alcohol, drinking less, drugs, gambling, stopping smoking, stopping vaping
- Energy and movement
- getting moving, sports performance
Life
The bit everyone else sees.
- Work and drive
- running a business, motivation, procrastination
- Relationships
- relationships and break-ups
- Women’s health
- fertility, perimenopause and menopause, pregnancy and birth
- Men’s health
- confidence, performance and the things men tend not to raise until late
- Children and young people
- children, teenagers and young adults, teenage anxiety, exams, and school avoidance when anxiety is what’s behind it
- Neurodiversity
- support alongside ADHD and autism
We are not a replacement for medical care
Nothing here diagnoses anything, and several of these need a GP alongside us rather than instead of us. We’ll always say which.
no cost, no commitment
Not sure which of these is yours?
That is a good reason to have the free initial appointment rather than a reason not to. No cost, and you’ll get an honest answer about whether we can help.
Book a free initial appointment