Helen Hampton, BACP

Helen Hampton is a BACP counsellor practising in Scotland with four years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and the strains that come with parenting and family life. Helen also supports people facing issues such as depression, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and problems with self-esteem and intimacy.

She uses a pluralistic approach, which means she adapts the way she works to suit each person. Helen begins by asking how the problem affects day-to-day life and what a better situation would look like. She explores what has helped or hindered so far and draws on the client’s own strengths when planning next steps.

Her background includes training in person-centred counselling, cognitive behavioural techniques, psychodynamic ideas, transactional analysis, gestalt, and brief solution-focused work. That range lets her use different tools depending on the issue at hand. She names trauma and post-traumatic stress as an area of extensive experience.

Sessions focus on straightforward conversation about the problem, practical strategies where helpful, and understanding patterns that keep difficulties going. Helen explains things plainly and encourages people to try manageable steps between sessions.

She frames therapy as a collaboration - the client’s knowledge of their life combines with her counselling skills. Helen’s practice is influenced by a neuroscience perspective, which she uses to make sense of emotional reactions and relationship patterns.

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