About me
I’m Helen as well as being a therapist, and you’ll get a sense of both when we talk. My training matters, but so does the person sitting with you. I bring my personality, warmth and straightforwardness into our conversations. Being myself with you is an invitation to feel comfortable being yourself with me. You don’t need to find the “right” words or speak in therapy language with me. You can tell me something is rubbish, say you haven’t got a clue, or take your time working out what you mean.
You may be used to keeping things together for everyone else, finding it difficult to ask for help, or holding feelings you don’t quite know how to explain. Perhaps you understand some of your struggles but still feel caught in familiar patterns. You don’t need to have everything worked out before coming to counselling.
I’m an integrative psychotherapist with a person-centred foundation. This means I draw on different therapeutic approaches while keeping you, your experiences and what matters to you at the heart of our work. I aim to meet you with warmth, honesty and curiosity, working to build a relationship where you can feel safe enough to be yourself, including the feelings or parts of you that you may usually keep hidden.
We can begin wherever you are. If it is difficult to explain how, what and why you feel the way that you do, we can take time to make sense of things together. You do not need to arrive knowing exactly what to say. There is no expectation to tell your whole story straight away or describe painful experiences in detail. If there are things you want to share but have never felt able to say, we can approach them gently, at a pace that feels safe for you.
Our sessions can offer space to understand your feelings, explore how earlier experiences may influence your life now, and notice patterns in how you relate to yourself and others. Where useful, we can also consider practical ways to manage difficulties, guided by your needs, values and hopes.
My hope is that, through feeling heard and developing a clearer understanding of yourself, you can become more able to recognise your needs and more confident in the choices you make. What that looks like will be personal to you, and we can explore it together.
How we can work together
I offer sessions in person, online or by telephone, with the option to combine these where helpful. We can discuss a frequency that suits your needs and circumstances, and regularly review how the work is going and whether further sessions would be useful.
My experience
I bring over 10 years of therapeutic experience and thousands of hours supporting people with a wide range of difficulties. My additional training includes gambling addiction, relationships and trauma. Alongside my therapy practice, I teach counselling students and provide individual and group clinical supervision for trainee and qualified counsellors.
Getting started
You are welcome to email me to arrange a free introductory phone conversation of up to 20 minutes. This gives you an opportunity to ask questions and get a sense of how it feels to speak with me, without any obligation to book.
A short message is enough, you don’t need to explain everything in your first enquiry. Please use the “Email me” button to get in touch, and check your junk or spam folder for my reply, I reply to every enquiry within 48 hours.
Warmly,
Helen Jordan
Training, qualifications & experience
Training and experience
I’m an accredited member of the BACP, which goes beyond standard registration. Registration confirms a counsellor has met the essential minimum training requirements, while accreditation is an additional level of recognition that involves a deeper review of experience, professionalism, and ethical practice. It reflects my commitment to ongoing learning and supervision, offering you added reassurance that my work has been thoroughly assessed and meets a higher level of professional standard.
I have several thousand hours of clinical experience, working with people in both short-term and longer-term therapy. This includes, but is not limited to, supporting people with anxiety, depression, trauma, betrayal, bereavement, low self-worth and difficulties within relationships and families.
My approach is integrative, grounded in person-centred therapy and drawing on Transactional Analysis (TA), Egan’s Skilled Helper model, inner child work, Internal Family Systems (IFS), psychodynamic understanding and elements of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). These offer different ways to explore your experiences, relationships and patterns, understand feelings rooted in the past, and consider practical ways forward. We can work together to find what feels meaningful and helpful to you.
Alongside my therapy practice, I work as a lead counselling tutor at a local college, teaching and supporting students as they develop their understanding and clinical skills. I also provide individual and group clinical supervision for trainee and qualified counsellors.
Qualifications
• First Class BSc (Hons) in Counselling Studies
• CPCAB Level 6 Certificate in Clinical Therapeutic Counselling Supervision
• Advanced Diploma in Counselling
• Access to Higher Education Diploma in Combined Studies
Additional training
• Working with sexual trauma
• Couple counselling
• Eating disorders and addictions
• Gambling addiction
• Relaxation, mindfulness and visualisation
• Understanding behaviour that challenges
• Dignity in safeguarding
• Understanding autism
• Suicide prevention
• Online and telephone counselling: 80 hours of training
Continuing professional development
Continuing professional development is an ongoing part of my learning and practice. I’m currently studying neuroscience to deepen my understanding of the brain, emotions and nervous system to inform how I support clients in therapy.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
If you have any questions or would like to explore working together, please get in touch using the “Email me” button. I respond to all email enquiries, so please check your junk or spam folder if you’re waiting for a reply.
We can arrange a free introductory phone conversation of up to 20 minutes, at a mutually convenient time. This is an opportunity to ask questions and get a sense of how you feel speaking with me, with no obligation to book. If a phone conversation feels difficult, you’re welcome to let me know so we can discuss another way to begin.
Sessions cost £60 each. A block of six sessions is available for £330, equivalent to £55 per session.
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Further information
Do any of these experiences feel familiar?
• Finding yourself in familiar patterns that leave you hurt, frustrated or questioning yourself.
• Struggling in relationships where your needs go unheard or you feel unable to be yourself.
• Feeling anxious, low, overwhelmed or alone, even when you appear to be coping.
• Finding that painful experiences still affect you, or feeling numb and disconnected.
• Struggling to recognise, understand or express your emotions.
• Living with the impact of your own or someone else’s gambling.
• Losing sight of who you are after spending so long being what others need or expect.
You don’t need to identify with everything here, or have a clear explanation for how you feel, to seek support.
I aim to understand your experiences from your perspective, without rushing to interpret or judge. Together, we can make room for feelings and needs that may have been overlooked, hidden or difficult to acknowledge, including those that feel vulnerable, ashamed or angry. You can choose what to share as we build trust and explore what matters to you.
