About me
You might feel anxious and exhausted, with a mind that won’t switch off. Maybe spending far too much time doom scrolling. Always the helper, yet stuck when it comes to your own needs. Relationships feel draining, too close, too distant, or just out of reach. You may be wondering whether ADHD or another form of neurodivergence could help explain some of what you’re experiencing.
Grief, loss, or addiction may have shifted how you see yourself and the world around you. You may feel like life has moved on without you, or like you're carrying a weight no one else can see.
These experiences can be exhausting, but you don’t have to go through them alone.
I work with people who want to feel more secure, more confident, and less weighed down by self-doubt. I can help you feel clearer, more connected to yourself and others, more able to find solutions without panic or overthinking and finally able to breathe again.
Together, we look at what’s really going on beneath the surface. Often shaped by early relationships and attachment patterns. By understanding where your anxiety, low mood, people-pleasing, or low self-worth may come from, you can begin to make sense of it all and move forward in a more empowered way.
I'm Helen, I have a first class BA (hons) degree in Integrative Counselling and have over 10 years of experience supporting adults and young people 12+ with attachment, anxiety, depression, grief, perfectionism, low self worth and addiction. I am an accredited member of the BACP which means I have achieved higher standards of professional practice. I am also a clinical supervisor. I work from my home office in East Tilbury, Thurrock and also online with anyone worldwide.
I am trained to offer a variety of techniques and modalities into our sessions which include a humanistic approach, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), psychodynamic therapy, attachment theory and transactional analysis (TA).
I offer a client-centred practice with empathy and caring. I recognise the client/therapist relationship is paramount to gaining insight, managing challenges, coping with changes and to dealing with pain. I will be there for you.
If you're concerned you might get stuck and not know what to say, don't worry, I use use a number of creative ways to help you to communicate.
I offer a warm, safe, non-judgemental space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings. Everyone is unique and we all have inner strengths and tools personal to us. It's my aim to help you uncover yours and empower you to use them. Together we can make sense of and change what's happening for you now, but also make a lasting impact on your future.
Our work can be either long or short term and done virtually over a secure platform, by telephone or face to face, it's all led by you.
Taking the first step can be scary, I understand that. But starting to take your control back by reaching out for help will empower you straight away, so please email or text and we can arrange a free introductory call. It is fundamental that you and I feel we can work together and that you feel comfortable and safe. I will get back you, so if you don't hear back from me within 24 hours please check your spam folder as sometimes my email replies end up there.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BA (hons) Integrative Counselling
- Safeguarding Adults and Children
- Working With ACEs - Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Working with Childhood Trauma
- Attachment and its role in adult relationships
- Supporting people in domestic abuse situations
- Understanding and working with sexual abuse
- Supporting the LGBTQ+ community
- Working with Guilt and Shame
- Chem Sex
- Supporting those with Drug Addictions
- Working with Alcohol Addiction
- Working with suicidal thoughts
- Supporting those in financial crisis
- Working with Sexual Dysfunction
- Perimenopause and Menopause
- Hormone deficiency in Men
- DBT Skills
I have also worked with young people in a college environment. Helping them overcome issues and barriers, finding direction and growing in confidence.
I have vast experience of working with attachment and the impact of how our childhood can affect the way we relate and form relationships as adults.
I have worked with many people who are facing the challenges brought on by perimenopause and menopause. Supporting people with the changes and struggles this brings and the different way a person may relate to those around them and also to themselves.
I am an accredited member of the BACP and work within their framework for ethical practice.
I attend regular CPD to keep my practice and my knowledge up to date. I have a real passion for learning about anything counselling related.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Male hormonal issues
Peyronies Disease
Therapies offered
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£ 55 for individuals 50 minute session
I offer discounted rates for students and trainee counsellors.
I appreciate how difficult that first call to a counsellor can be, so if you’d prefer, please email or text and we can arrange a free introductory call. It is fundamental that you and I feel we can work together and that you feel comfortable and safe.
When I work
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Further information
I work from my home office in East Tilbury, Thurrock and online worldwide.
- There are lots of places to park outside.
- I am easily reachable from East Tilbury station and by bus.
I was inspired to enter into the world of counselling after realising I was going round and round in my own life and never achieving change. I had my own personal therapy and life finally changed for me. This new found confidence led me to university where I studied for my BA (hons) in Integrative Counselling. I have never looked back since. I am always developing new skills to help support people and I have a real passion and belief in counselling. I look forward to sharing this with you.
