About Helen
Helen Downs is a counsellor who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She supports those facing addictions, trauma and abuse, and a wide range of life challenges. Helen works with concerns such as low self-esteem, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and difficulties with sleep or eating.
She also addresses career strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD and other complex co-occurring problems. Helen practices as a hypnotherapist and brings seven years of professional experience to her work.
Background and approach
She uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. That means sessions can involve talking, practical exercises, or guided relaxation techniques depending on what is useful. Her background includes work with neurodiverse people and experience in prison services.
That work has informed how she listens and responds to people facing stigma, diversity concerns and the practical impacts of involvement with the justice system. In a typical session Helen focuses on clear steps you can try between meetings. She aims to help clients notice patterns, build coping skills, and make small changes that add up over time.
The tone is respectful and down-to-earth, with an emphasis on realistic goals. Helen is based in the United Kingdom and works in English. She welcomes people from different places and can work with international clients.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and arranging sessions that fit a person’s schedule.
How Helen's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and helping people find their own answers. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so clients can explore feelings and decide on next steps; it suits issues like relationship stress, low self-esteem and grief.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Sessions use practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, manage mood and change unhelpful habits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for handling strong emotions, improving relationships and tolerating distress. It can be useful where emotional regulation and impulsive behaviours are a concern.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options and try methods that fit the client's goals and preferences. Choices are reviewed as progress is made so the plan can change if needed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging lets people write between meetings. These options help fit therapy around work, family and travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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