About
- Anxiety and stress
- Parenting support
- Attachment focus
About Helen
Helen Pool is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has eight years of practice in the United Kingdom. She helps people who are dealing with anxiety, stress, relationship and family difficulties, parenting strains, grief, addiction, trauma and life changes. She also supports people facing issues around self-esteem, intimacy and career pressures.
Helen draws on an integrative background that includes attachment-based ideas, client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques, emotionally-focused methods and existential thinking. She uses hypnotherapy when helpful and adapts her approach to what each person brings. Sessions aim to identify repeated patterns and understand the feelings beneath them.
Her own experience of overcoming people-pleasing and attachment wounds informs her way of working. That history influences how she notices patterns such as low self-worth, avoidance or codependency. She does not claim to have all the answers, but focuses on clear, practical steps alongside reflective work.
Conversations tend to be straightforward and honest. Helen balances gentle challenge with space to reflect. She brings prior experience from engineering and project management, which she says helps when addressing workplace stress and practical life changes.
People join sessions to look at what keeps causing pain and to develop clearer choices and coping skills. Helen works with adults and with young people aged 11 and up. Sessions are offered to clients in English and international clients are accepted.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Helen uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That approach helps when fears of abandonment, codependency or communication problems keep repeating in adult life. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to map thinking and behaviour links and to build concrete coping skills for anxiety, stress and mood problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Helen treats the choice of methods as collaborative. She will discuss goals, preferences and what feels workable, then try methods that match those aims and adjust as needed.
The original biography lists video, phone, live chat and messaging as formats used. Confirm the exact session options before booking to make sure they fit your routine. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer different ways to communicate if sitting on camera is difficult. Registered professionals and therapists often use these formats to balance reflective conversation with practical tools.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, parenting concerns, addiction, trauma, grief and related issues such as low self-esteem and communication problems.
What is her approach in sessions?
She uses an integrative approach drawing on attachment-based work, client-centred methods, CBT, EFT and existential ideas, plus hypnotherapy when appropriate. The focus is on noticing patterns and finding practical ways forward.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of practice working with adults and young people from a variety of backgrounds.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I see her if I live outside the UK?
Yes, international clients are accepted and sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats does she offer?
The original biography lists video, phone, live chat and messaging as formats used. Confirm current session options before booking to be sure of what is available.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.