Helen Willoughby , BACP, NCPS

Helen Willoughby trained and worked as a nurse for many years before qualifying as a therapist in 2003. She runs a private practice in the United Kingdom and brings a long history of clinical experience to work with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and family challenges, grief, eating and intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, parenting concerns, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, and many other life difficulties. Helen offers support for issues affecting identity and sexuality, LGBT concerns, self-esteem, career transitions, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes, alongside additional focus areas such as chronic illness, codependency, domestic violence, and bereavement.

Helen adapts her work to each individual, drawing on a range of counselling models including client-centered work and cognitive-behavioral techniques, as well as Jungian and mindfulness-informed approaches and motivational interviewing when appropriate. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials, signifying professional training and membership in recognised counselling organisations. Helen aims to create a kind, respectful therapeutic relationship where questions and doubts are welcomed at the outset and the pace is set to suit the client. She describes counselling as a space to be gentle with oneself and to find breathing room amid difficult changes, and she is ready to support people who are prepared to take that first step.