Counsellor & Psychotherapist · Chelmsford, London & online

You don't need
a crisis to come
to counselling.

Sometimes everything lands on you at once and you can't see a way through, and sometimes life slows down until getting through the day feels like crawling through treacle. Either way, having had enough is reason enough to talk to someone.

I see adults in person in Chelmsford and London and online anywhere in the UK, on a sliding scale from £45.

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Sliding scale £45–£75. Cost should not be a barrier.

Who I work with

You're the one everyone leans on,
and you're tired.

Many of the people I see are capable and caring, the ones who keep things running for their families and at work, and they've been doing it for so long that they've stopped noticing how much it costs.

Often they already understand a great deal about themselves, having thought it all through many times, and they still find themselves back in the same place.

I also work with a lot of people who live between cultures, or who are working out who they are once the roles they took on to survive start to fall away. If any of that sounds familiar, you don't need to have the words for it yet.

About Helen

I'm Helen,
and curiosity is where I start.

I grew up in a mixed-race, multi-faith family and moved between cultures, and it took me a long time to feel at home in my own skin. I've lived with trauma and been through my own recovery, and all of that left me curious about why people are the way they are and what helps them find their way back to themselves.

I'm a Christian, and faith and spirituality matter a great deal in my work, for anyone who wants to explore them, whatever they believe. What interests me is what your beliefs mean to you and how they shape your life, and if faith isn't part of your life, it doesn't need to be part of our sessions.

Diploma in Counselling and BA (Hons) Counselling, Waverley Abbey College. Registered member of ACC. Member of BACP. Regular clinical supervision.

How we work together →

How we work together

An integrative approach.
Your lead.

Curious

I'm interested in the whole of you, including the parts that seem to want different things and what your body is telling you alongside your thoughts. Those parts usually make sense once we understand where they came from, and understanding them is often where things start to shift.

Collaborative

You're the expert on your own life, so we work things out together, at a pace that feels manageable to you. I'll be honest with you, and if something important needs saying, I'll say it with care and we'll look at it together.

Creative

When words run out, we can try something else. That might mean drawing, or finding a metaphor for something that's hard to say directly. Sometimes it helps to give the parts of you that are in conflict characters of their own, so they're easier to understand and to talk to.

I enjoy working with neurodivergent clients and adapt how we work to suit the way you think and communicate, and whatever your sexuality or gender identity, you're welcome here.

Relationships & self

You can stop
disappearing.

Many of the people I work with are good at relationships in a particular way. They're warm and loyal and they look after other people carefully, and what they find much harder is looking after themselves, knowing what they want, or saying no without it feeling as though they've broken something.

Often that goes back a long way, to learning early that staying close to people meant making yourself smaller, or to never having had the room to find out who you are when you're not managing someone else's feelings. The work here is about building enough of a self that you can stay warm and still choose yourself, without needing to become harder or more guarded to manage it.

"You can hold others warmly
and choose yourself clearly.
Those aren't opposites."

Fees & sessions

What to expect

Sessions

Sessions are 50 minutes and usually weekly to begin with. I see people in person in central Chelmsford, a few minutes' walk from the station, and near Liverpool Street in London, where spaces are limited, as well as online anywhere in the UK. I'm available Tuesday to Saturday.

Fees

My fees are on a sliding scale from £45 to £75, because I don't want cost to be what stops someone coming, and we can agree a fee that works for you.

Getting in touch

Get in touch by email or through the contact form, and I'll reply within two working days. We can have a short conversation by phone or video before anything is booked, so you can ask whatever you want and see whether I feel like the right person, and there's no obligation to go any further.

You don't need a crisis to come to counselling.

You're the one everyone leans on,and you're tired.

I'm Helen,and curiosity is where I start.

An integrative approach.Your lead.