About me
Welcome. I’m Helen, an integrative neurodiversity-affirming therapeutic counsellor, imagery coach and published childrens' author, dedicated to helping you navigate life’s challenges with empathy, understanding and unconditional acceptance. Maybe you are here because you are anxious, sad, or overwhelmed, feeling depressed or even despair. You may be lost, feel unheard or misunderstood.
How can I help? In my past I sometimes felt lost, anxious and 'not good enough', but with good therapy, I learned to know and value myself. My experience led me to pursue a career in counselling. I will work with you to understand what happened to you, and help you to look at yourself and the world around you through a different lense.
I can provide you with a safe and confidential space to explore, untangle and understand your feelings, to facilitate healing and growth and emotional wellbeing. My training enables me to integrate different approaches that help me help you to look at the here and now, what came before, and how to move forward. People describe me as a warm, empathic person, easy to talk to and someone whom you can build a safe and trusting working relationship with. If you choose to work with me, I will put you at the centre, gently challenge you when appropriate, but support you every step of the way.
Training, qualifications & experience
CPCAB Diploma in psychodynamic and person-centred Therapeutic Counselling
- Advanced Certification - Functional Imagery Practitioner (University of Plymouth)
- Diploma in Personal Development Coaching
- Diploma TESOL
- BA (Hons) Political, Cultural and Social Theory
- CPD and working experience- eg, Suicide awareness, Neurodiversity training, Trauma, Depression, Shame, Bereavement, Human Givens, Pet Bereavement, Imagery practise , boarding school sydrome, somatic therapy etc
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.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Clients with low English language abilities
Therapies offered
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Fees
£30.00 - £60.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions are 50 minutes with an initial assessment/ discovery call (which is free.)
Sessions are £60 with concessions on an individual basis for low/no income clients.
Initial 20/ 30 minute phone/online conversation free
When I work
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Further information
I offer counselling and coaching to help with a range of issues including but not limited to:
- Depression and low mood
- Anxiety and stress
- Overwhelm
- Neurodiversity affirming
- Anger issues
- Trauma
- Grief and Loss
- Pet loss bereavement
- Relationship issues
- Low self-esteem
- ‘Stuckness’, decision paralysis, feeling directionless
- Coping with change eg divorce, retirement, empty nesting
I also offer solutions focused coaching and imagery techniques for behaviour change, including weight loss, procrastination, better health lifestyle changes.
I also work with clients with English as a second language, having worked with refugees and second language learners in a previous life.
