Helen Galliott
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About me
Taking the first step towards therapy can feel daunting, but you don't have to navigate it alone when facing anxiety, relationship struggles, or general overwhelm. You do not need a formal diagnosis or a clear explanation before beginning.
I’m Helen, an integrative counsellor with a person-centred approach at the heart of my work. I offer a safe space to be heard, understood and accepted. Working alongside you with empathy and acceptance, I'll keep you and your experiences at the centre of our time together. At times, and where appropriate, our sessions may incorporate various therapeutic tools to fit with your unique needs and experiences.
After working as a lecturer and then becoming a parent carer, my decision to become a counsellor grew from my own experiences of how difficult it can be to find someone who truly understands what you're going through. I also experienced the challenges of trying to find the right support for my children when their needs didn't fit neatly within the systems designed to help them.
These experiences shaped my understanding of how important it is to feel heard, understood and supported, particularly when you feel that you don't quite fit or that the help you need is out of reach.
They inspired me to become part of the solution by offering a space where you can speak openly, feel accepted and be met with compassion rather than judgement. My hope is that, through our work together, you can feel safe enough to explore your experiences at your own pace and feel less alone with whatever you're facing.
I support adults facing a wide range of challenges, including:
- Anxiety and overwhelm, navigating low mood, stress, and burnout.
- Neurodiversity support, providing a validating space autistic individuals or those with ADHD, including rejection sensitivity, demand avoidance, masking and autistic burnout.
- Life transitions and identity, navigating career shifts, relationship difficulties, health challenges and self-worth.
- Grief and loss, offering a gentle space to process bereavement and other complex life changes.
- Rewind Trauma Technique - this is a gentle, effective trauma therapy that helps process flashbacks and involuntary memories without forcing you to verbally relive the distress.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Counselling
- Rewind Trauma Technique
- Level 4 Advanced Certificate in Counselling Skills
- Level 2 Safeguarding vulnerable adults
- Level 2 Safeguarding children
- Level 1 Safeguarding children with disabilities
I bring a wealth of experience in parenting children with disabilites, neurodiversity and mental health, caring for those with dementia and their carers, supporting parent carers, church hurt or abuse, loss of faith, grief and living with a cancer diagnosis.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£45.00 - £55.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Flexible prices depending on the mode of counselling. I offer a number of reduced places for students.
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