Alan Bennett-Law
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About the Therapist
Alan Bennett-Law is a Senior Accredited Counsellor and EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner with more than two decades of therapeutic experience. He has worked in private practice since 2002 and brings extensive experience across counselling, trauma therapy, Employee Assistance Programmes, education, neurodivergence, eating disorder services, substance misuse services, and forensic settings.
Alan works integratively and systemically, tailoring therapy to the individual rather than expecting clients to fit a standardised model. He has particular experience supporting neurodivergent clients, including people with autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, and works from a neurodiversity-affirming perspective that recognises both the challenges and strengths associated with different cognitive profiles.
His therapeutic work includes trauma, bereavement and complex loss, depression, anxiety-related difficulties, low self-esteem, relationship problems, substance misuse, eating-related difficulties, anger and conflict, attachment difficulties, shame, chronic pain, and complex emotional presentations. He is also trained in CBT, Compassion-Focused Therapy, ACT, DBT, Trauma-Focused CBT, systemic therapy, psychodynamic and existential approaches, and specialist EMDR adaptations.
At a Glance
- Session format: Online through Wintermind
- Client groups: Young People, Adults, Couples, Students, Neurodivergent Clients
- Languages: Please enquire
- Areas of focus: Trauma, PTSD, Neurodivergence, Bereavement, Depression, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Eating Difficulties and Substance Misuse
- Registration: MBACP Senior Accredited, SNCPS Accredited, EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner
- Approach: Integrative, Systemic, EMDR, CBT-Informed and Neurodiversity-Affirming
Qualifications
- PGDip Applied Systemic Theory – Merit, Tavistock & Portman
- Postgraduate Certificate in Systemic Theory – Tavistock & Portman
- University Advanced Diploma in Theory and Skills of CBT
- Diploma in Humanistic Counselling
- Certificate in Loss & Bereavement
- Certificate in Education
- Full EMDR Europe-accredited training
Therapy Approach
- Integrative counselling and psychotherapy
- Systemic therapy
- EMDR therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Trauma-Focused CBT
- Compassion-Focused Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy-informed work
- Psychodynamic and existential approaches
- Attachment-informed therapy
- Neurodiversity-adapted therapy and EMDR
- Solution-focused short-term therapy
Client Types
- Young People
- Adults
- Couples
- Secondary, Further and Higher Education Students
- Autistic clients
- Clients with ADHD
- Clients with dyslexia and other neurodivergent profiles
- People affected by trauma and complex presentations
- Employees accessing EAP counselling
- Clients from diverse cultural and social backgrounds
Mental Health Issues and Areas of Support
- Trauma and trauma-related emotional distress
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and complex trauma presentations
- Childhood abuse and adverse experiences
- Bereavement, grief, and complex loss
- Depression and low mood
- Anxiety and emotional overwhelm
- Low self-esteem and negative self-beliefs
- Shame and shame-based trauma
- Relationship and interpersonal difficulties
- Attachment-related difficulties
- Autism-related emotional and relational challenges
- ADHD-related emotional regulation and executive-function difficulties
- Dyslexia and wider neurodivergence-related support needs
- Emotional regulation and attention difficulties
- Substance misuse and addiction-related concerns
- Eating disorder and eating-related mental health difficulties
- Anger, conflict, and difficulties managing emotional reactions
- Chronic pain and associated psychological distress
- Moral injury and trauma associated with shame
- Suicidal thoughts requiring collaborative risk assessment and safety planning
- Stress and workplace-related difficulties
- Marginalisation, identity, sexuality, race, and experiences of difference
- Complex emotional and psychological presentations requiring an individualised approach
Professional Registration
- BACP Senior Accredited Registered Member
- NCPS Accredited Member
- EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner
- Current Enhanced DBS Certificate
- Current Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Data protection registered
Professional Experience
- Private Practice Counsellor and Psychotherapist since 2002
- EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner
- Extensive Employee Assistance Programme counselling
- Experience in eating disorder services
- Experience in drug and alcohol services
- Experience within prisons, probation, young offender and forensic settings
- Previous counselling support for hospital staff
- Clinical Supervisor for counsellors
- Former counselling course leader and current professional workshop facilitator
What to Expect
Alan offers an experienced, collaborative, and adaptable therapeutic space where clients can explore difficult experiences without being expected to fit into a rigid model of therapy. His approach takes account of each person’s psychological history, relationships, environment, identity, neurodivergence, and individual way of processing information and emotion.
For clients affected by trauma, therapy may incorporate EMDR alongside attachment-informed, compassion-focused, systemic, or cognitive approaches. For neurodivergent clients, Alan can adapt the pace, language, structure, therapeutic materials, and style of sessions to make therapy more accessible and manageable.
Alan can support trauma, PTSD, bereavement, depression, anxiety-related difficulties, low self-esteem, shame, attachment and relationship problems, neurodivergence, substance misuse, eating-related mental health difficulties, anger and conflict, chronic pain, workplace stress, and other complex emotional concerns. Therapy may be short-term and solution-focused or longer-term depending on the client’s needs and goals.