Pamela Benoit, NCPS, BACP

Pamela Benoit is a psychotherapist who draws on person-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas. She is a BACP Therapist - Registered Member (MBACP) and an NCPS Therapist - Accredited Member (MNCPS Accred). Pamela frames sessions around what matters to each person and aims to make the first step feel less daunting.

She creates an open space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken about without judgement. Pamela attends to relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, motivation and career concerns. She also offers support around depression, stress and anxiety, and the upheaval that comes with major life changes such as separation or loss.

Her background includes work with women facing domestic abuse, sexual violence, break-ups, divorce and issues around menopause and recovery after separation. Pamela uses a trauma-informed stance and places emphasis on empowerment and personal safety while people process painful events.

Clinically she draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, Client-Centred therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness approaches. These shape practical conversations, coping strategies and ways to make values-led choices in everyday life.

Pamela has seven years of experience and also undertakes clinical supervision with an anti-oppressive and justice-informed lens. She aims to support people to find clearer direction, increased confidence and small, manageable steps toward change.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small actions in line with those values while living with difficult thoughts. It is often useful for anxiety, depression and major life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships, helping people understand how early experiences shape current bonds and reactions, which can aid relationship and intimacy-related concerns. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s perspective and choices at the centre, using empathic listening to build trust and clarity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they will try ways of working that fit the individual's needs and change the plan if something does not feel right.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family life, avoid travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when time is tight. It can also make it simpler to maintain continuity of care if someone moves or travels. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt ACT, attachment-focused ideas and client-centred listening to remote sessions, helping people to practise strategies and reflect on progress between appointments.