About Helen
Helen Yates is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and issues linked to identity and addiction. She works with concerns such as sleep and eating problems, low self-esteem, ADHD, compassion fatigue and life transitions. Helen holds BACP accreditation and has five years' experience in practice.
Her style is warm and person-centred. She believes each person knows their own story and builds sessions around what matters to them.
Background and approach
Helen listens without judgement and focuses on practical steps people can try between meetings. Helen uses a mix of approaches to suit each person. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help with unhelpful thinking and behaviour.
Attachment-based ideas inform work around relationships and intimacy. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-focused. Helen helps people set small, realistic goals and practices coping skills together.
She also supports parents with parenting strain and people working through trauma, abuse, bereavement and sexual health concerns. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. Meetings happen online by video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging.
Fees vary with location and the service runs on a cancellable subscription model. To begin, users choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
How Helen adapts therapeutic approaches for online work
Helen draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centred Therapy to guide online work. ACT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to small actions that match their values, which can be useful for anxiety, avoidance and life changes. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, empathy and the client's own goals, creating space for people to make sense of their feelings and find their own solutions.Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Helen will talk through different ways of working and test what feels most helpful. Together they shape a plan that fits the person's needs, goals and comfort with online formats.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer written reflection or want brief, on-the-go support. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to make therapy fit into work, travel and family commitments.
Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Helen help with?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much experience does she have?
What credentials and where is she based?
Which languages are sessions offered in?
How are sessions delivered online?
How much do sessions cost?
How do I start working with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- 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 of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- 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)
- 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
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.