Helen Willoughby, BACP, NCPS

Helen Willoughby is a BACP and NCPS registered counsellor with 22 years' experience. She trained originally as a nurse and moved into therapeutic work in 2003. She works with a wide range of concerns including anger, stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and family difficulties, addictions and issues around sexuality and gender.

Helen runs a private practice in the United Kingdom and supports people dealing with low self-esteem, bereavement, trauma and eating concerns. She also helps clients coping with chronic illness, career pressures and life changes. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

Her approach draws on client-centred methods alongside cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness. She also uses Jungian ideas and motivational interviewing where these fit a person's needs. In practice this looks like talking through patterns, trying short exercises in session, and setting straightforward goals between meetings.

Helen aims to treat each person as an individual and begins by answering questions and any doubts people bring. She describes counselling as sometimes being hard work, and something that asks for courage and steadiness. Practical steps and small changes are part of how she helps people manage anger, sleeping problems, relationship friction and stress.

People who choose Helen can expect a calm, pragmatic way of working. Sessions focus on what is causing strain now, what might be changed, and how to build coping routines that fit everyday life. She invites people to take the first practical step and discuss how therapy could fit their situation.

How Helen's approaches fit into online work