Helen Stephens
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About me
I'm an integrative counsellor with years of experience both in private practice and for the NHS helping people with concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, relationships, addictions, low mood, stress and bereavement, Peyronie's Disease and menopause, as well as a space to explore any other worries.
If you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, low self esteem, relationship problems, feeling isolated or alone in relationships, feeling never ‘good enough’ or battling with addiction this could be due to your attachment pattern. How you view yourself in relation to others and the world around you can affect your everyday life. When we lose someone from our lives, our attachment can also play a role in how we cope with this.
- Humanistic
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills training
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Attachment theory
- Transactional Analysis.
Working with attachment helps us to discover why we feel how we do and how to change it going forward. I understand how difficult it can be to reach out for help but many people struggle with situations and emotional issues and sometimes you just need a little help.
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.
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 either done virtually over a secure platform, by telephone or face to face, it's all led by you.
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. If you don't hear back from me within 24 hours please check your spam folder as sometimes my email replies get put in 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 years of experience both in private practice and for the NHS. I have worked with people from all walks of life helping them with concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, relationships, addictions, low mood, stress and bereavement as well as a space to explore any other worries.
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 also supported many men facing struggles with hormone deficiency and Peyronies disease. I understand the extreme impact both of these conditions have on a man's life, identity and mental health. I have also supported men through obtaining treatment for these.
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
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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
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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
£50.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
£ 50 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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I am flexible with availability, please feel free to contact me to discuss.
Further information
- 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.
