Ben Huff is deeply inspired by the natural world and sees life as a web of interconnected relationships — from atoms to culture, mind to body, individuals to loved ones to environments and the larger cosmos. This view supports and shapes his work as a clinical mental health counselor. Ben currently focuses his time maintaining a private practice where he specializes on relationship issues, couples, and trauma. He practices from an Emotionally Focused Therapy theoretical approach while integrating narrative therapy, parts work, and EMDR. Before becoming a counselor, Ben provided social-emotional learning, assertiveness training, and empowerment workshops for youth all over the lower mainland in Vancouver, BC. His early experience facilitating groups exposed him to the power of interpersonal learning and healing within relationships.

Teaching and Supervision Approach

Ben approaches teaching and supervision from a constructivist and relational framework. Constructivist learning posits that learners actively construct knowledge rather than passively receiving it. Learning with Ben is a collaborative process; it’s about making meaning and growing through experience, reflection, and dialogue while being in an intentional relationship. Ben utilizes the Discrimination Model for supervision where he shifts among three distinct roles depending on the needs of the supervisee: teacher, counselor, and consultant. In this approach, Ben considers the developmental stage of his supervisee and will, at times, be more directive to ensure a sense of support, structure, and clarity while remaining relational and collaborative.