My name is Ben and work as Occupational Therapist for the NHS and Life Coach under my own business, Mirror Mind Therapy. Occupational Therapy offers a holistic approach, combined with evidence-based interventions and assessments to allow individuals to engage in activities which are meaningful to them. I specialise in Acceptance commitment therapy and mindfulness-based approaches which I have used in my current NHS role to enable many wonderful clients to diffuse from, and let go of their mental and emotional barriers and start engaging in a meaningful life in accordance with their core values, goals and interests. Throughout my career I have worked with individuals with depression, anxiety, low-self-esteem, and chronic pain.

I have a background as a hypnotherapist and counsellor which I practiced as after receiving my BSc in Psychology. After receiving my MSc in Occupational Therapy, I dropped hypnotherapy and focused on mindfulness, and psychotherapy-based approaches. Throughout my NHS career I have studied CBT, DBT and ACT psychotherapy interventions and learnt how to integrate them into my practice as a Mental Health Occupational Therapist.

BSc Psychology (Exeter University), MSc Occupational Therapy (Oxford Brookes University), Diploma in Hypnotherapy and counselling (Chrysalis), Association for Psychological Therapies CBT and DBT Essentials, HCPC registered, Professional Member of RCOT. 

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