- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Attachment-based work
- Hypnotherapy
About Helen
Helen Pool is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom with eight years' practice. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, self-esteem issues, relationship and family difficulties, addiction, trauma and grief. Her focus also covers parenting, intimacy concerns, anger and coping with life changes.
Helen draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centred approaches. She also uses cognitive behavioural ideas, existential thinking and hypnotherapy when these suit a person's aims. Sessions are conversational and direct, aiming to identify recurring patterns and the feelings beneath them.
Her own experience with people-pleasing and abandonment informs how she understands low self-worth and repeated relationship issues. That background influences the practical, down-to-earth way she works with clients who feel stuck or overwhelmed. She listens for the patterns that keep causing pain and helps name them so change becomes possible.
In sessions Helen offers clear, honest feedback and space to practise new responses. She will work at a pace that feels manageable and will not push a fixed agenda. Practical strategies and reflective exploration are both used according to what helps the individual most.
Helen has a Postgraduate Diploma from Leeds Beckett University and a Diploma in Hypnotherapy. She previously worked as an engineer and project manager, so she is familiar with workplace pressures and career-related stress. She sees adults and young people aged 11 and up and works with international clients.
How Helen uses EFT, attachment and client‑centred ideas online
Helen often works with Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name difficult emotions that affect relationships and self-worth. EFT focuses on identifying feelings and patterns so they can be discussed and responded to differently.She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns influence current behaviour and intimacy problems. Attachment thinking helps when someone struggles with abandonment, avoidance or repeated relationship cycles.
Client-centred therapy is part of her practice too, which means sessions are led by the person's concerns and personal goals. This approach supports reflective conversation alongside practical strategies from CBT or hypnotherapy when helpful.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Helen will discuss options with each person and decide together which methods fit the client's aims and preferences. That collaborative process helps shape the pace and focus of sessions.
The biography states she offers video, phone, live chat and messaging, so check which of these formats are available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work or family commitments, allow shorter check-ins by phone or chat, and remove the need to travel to appointments. Confirm the exact session types and times when you arrange the first meeting.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
Helen works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, addiction, trauma and grief, plus parenting and career concerns.
What therapeutic style does she use?
She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment-based and client-centred approaches, with CBT, existential ideas and hypnotherapy used as needed.
How much experience does she have?
Helen has eight years of practice working with people on a range of emotional and relational concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom and holds a Postgraduate Diploma from Leeds Beckett University and a Diploma in Hypnotherapy.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
She accepts international clients and offers sessions to people who are not based in the UK.
Which session formats are used?
The biography lists video, phone, live chat and messaging as formats used. Confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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