Benjamin Ng, BACP

Benjamin Ng is a counsellor with ten years' experience. He supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship pain, grief and low self-esteem. He also helps with identity questions and compassion fatigue. He works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.

Benjamin keeps sessions warm and grounded. He listens closely and asks direct questions when needed. He will not push people before they are ready, but he will help name what feels stuck and work through it together.

He uses an integrative approach that draws on psychodynamic ideas, family systems thinking and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT. That means he helps people make sense of recurring patterns, trace where they began and decide what practical steps help now. Therapy can include reflecting on past relationships and trying new ways of being in the present.

Benjamin commonly supports people facing relationship difficulties, grief, drug and alcohol addiction, anxiety and struggles with identity and self-worth. He pays attention to how ethnicity, sexuality, culture and gender identity affect someone's life and current problems. That context shapes how he talks about struggles and choices in sessions.

Sessions can be structured or more exploratory depending on the person's needs. Some weeks focus on skills and actions, other weeks look at where problems come from. Benjamin aims to create a space where difficult feelings can be spoken about without pressure to perform.

How Benjamin's approaches work online

Benjamin commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and psychodynamic ideas, and also uses mindfulness-based work. ACT focuses on clarifying what matters to you and building small, values-based actions even when thoughts or feelings are difficult. It can help with anxiety, low mood and addiction by shifting attention from avoiding feelings to living in line with chosen values.

Psychodynamic work looks at recurring patterns and early relationships to understand why certain problems keep returning. This approach can be useful for long-standing relationship issues, attachment concerns and identity questions. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm in everyday moments, which supports stress, grief and compassion fatigue.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Benjamin will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t worked before, and then shape sessions together. He may combine methods so that practical steps and deeper reflection happen side by side.

Online sessions via video, phone, live chat or messaging give flexibility to fit therapy around work, family and travel. Video calls allow face-to-face connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and to try methods in real life between sessions.