Benjamin's Biography
Benjamin developed an interest in psychotherapy and other areas of personal growth during a long and varied personal treatment starting in his twenties.
After a degree in physics and philosophy at Oxford University Benjamin studied psychotherapy at Regent's College in London. He has recently returned there to study towards a professional doctorate in psychotherapy.
He wrote the book "What's Wrong With You" and the eponymous column in The Saturday Times Body&Soul section; and recorded the follow-up audio book "How to be Happy" for Hachette Audio. He now contributes to Psycholgies magazines' regular feature Fast Therapy in which he features his own method live in session with a reader
He is perhpas best known to the nation as the co-presenter of the BBC's groundbreaking and long running "Spendaholics" series on BBC3 in which he helped overspenders by getting to the root of thier problems.
He was a member of the Centre for Social Justice’s commission for early years development contributing to thier publication Breakthrough Brittain, The Next Generation and is chairman of their commission on Mental Health.
Benjamin has a private practice in Harley Street and is founder of the Happy Hour network for which he trains practitioners from many proffesions to work with his method.
You could train with Benjamin to learn his method and become a certified practitioner for his branded network. Discover what you could do with Benjamin's training course.
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In his audiobook How to be Happy Benjamin updates his original book for convenient download and on CD. You can download the podcast sample here on this site.
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Benjamin's work is based on his acclaimed self-help book What's Wrong With You. You can download a sample chapter from here and buy it online from amazon.co.uk.
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