Ben Lashmore-Davies

Ben Lashmore-Davies is a UK-based counsellor who helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions and low self-esteem. He offers straightforward, practical support for issues such as bereavement, relationship strain, parenting worries and problems linked to work or money. Ben works to create a calm space where people can speak freely about what matters to them.

He trained at Leeds Beckett University and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Ben has six years of therapeutic experience and over a decade working across mental health, homelessness and addiction services. That background informs his approach to practical problems and complex life events.

Ben describes his practice as integrative. He draws on different ideas and methods and adapts sessions to suit each person’s needs and preferences. He uses an interactive style that encourages self-examination and gentleness toward oneself.

In sessions he helps people make sense of difficult feelings, unwanted thoughts and painful relationship experiences. He works with issues such as trauma, grief, intimacy concerns, ADHD-related challenges and patterns like codependency and avoidance.

Ben focuses on helping clients find realistic steps forward. He supports people to build coping skills, strengthen relationships and work toward clearer life goals. For practical next steps, people are invited to start the site matching process to arrange an initial appointment.

How Ben’s approaches translate to online work

Ben practises an integrative style, blending different evidence-informed techniques to match each person's needs. That might include methods that focus on understanding patterns of thinking and behaviour to reduce anxiety and unwanted thoughts, and techniques that help process grief and trauma in smaller, manageable steps. These approaches aim to help with symptoms such as panic, low mood and difficulties with relationships.

Finding the right way of working is part of therapy. Ben collaborates with each person to decide which approaches feel most helpful and to adapt methods as goals change. He encourages open discussion about what is and isn’t working so the plan can be adjusted together.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example reducing travel time and allowing appointments around work or childcare. If you prefer quieter check-ins or sessions that focus on talking rather than worksheets, those can be discussed during the planning stage. The specific session formats offered should be confirmed before booking, as current options are shown when arranging appointments.