Dr. Ben Mead

My name is Dr Ben Mead and I'm a Clinical Psychologist, Accredited Cognitive Behavioural (CBT) therapist, Counsellor and Clinical Director of My Online Psychologist. With over 15 years of practice, I have a high level of experience in offering online therapy to both adults and children.

In addition to my own private practice, I also run My Online Psychologist, a team of over 40 practitioners, mostly Clinical Psychologists. The aim of this free service is to help people find a practitioner best suited to them. Therefore, during a free phone call, we'll discuss your/your child's needs and have a discussion regarding who would be best to assist, be it myself or one of my colleagues.

Each psychologist has their own specialist areas of interest, so my aim is to match you with an online psychologist most skilled at helping you or your child specifically.

Please find below details of my relevant qualifications

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Clinical Psychologist
 - Number: PYL26204

British Psychological Society (BPS) Chartered Clinical Psychologist (CPsychol)
 - Number: 193491

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Accredited Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapist - Number: 110510

BPS Accredited Clinical Doctorate Clinical Psychology - University of Surrey Guildford (UK) (2010)

PGDip Psychological Interventions - CBT - Pass with Distinction - University of Surrey Guildford (UK) (2011)

EMDR Practitioner Training - ALL Parts (Basic, Intermediate and Advanced) - Approved by EMDR Europe Association and EMDR International Association

Dip Clinical Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy - Clifton Practice, Bristol.

BSc (Hons) Psychology - 1st Class - University of Bristol (UK)

I have also completed a large number of various training courses in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, Relationship issues and Attachment to name just four.

Finally, I abide by the Code of Ethics and Conduct of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Standards of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

At My Online Psychologist we have practitioners specialising in:

Anxiety

Depression

Stress

Burnout

Neurodiversity (strategies for those with ADHD, Autism etc)

Couples

Eating disorders (not high risk)

Exam Stress

Gender Identity

Grief

Health Anxiety

Low confidence / low self esteem

Long term conditions - including CFS, ME, Long COVID

Minor self-harm

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Panic

Perinatal difficulties

PTSD

Relationship difficulties (incl. break-ups)

Separation Anxiety

Sleep difficulties

Social anxiety

I want to ensure you receive the therapy that works best for you. Therefore, during the initial free call, we'll be looking into what therapy will work best for you and the difficulties you are facing. Both myself and my colleagues utilise a number of therapies in my practice including:

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Integrative Counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

Dialectual Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

Eye Movement Densensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Mindfulness

Narrative Therapy