Helen Allen, BACP, NCPS

Helen Allen works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, eating and body image concerns, relationship difficulties, and life changes. She supports those struggling with sleep, anger, low self-esteem, parenting pressures, career questions, compassion fatigue and ADHD. Helen also helps people facing trauma and abuse, intimacy-related worries and the emotional aftermath of separation or loss.

Helen uses an integrative style that adapts to each person. She draws on client-centred principles to create a calm and non-judgemental space. Cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness practices are included when helpful. Attachment-based and existential perspectives also inform her work.

Helen trained in psychotherapeutic counselling to level 5 with CPCAB and holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She is an accredited member of the National Centre for Phobia and Stress, NCPS. She has six years of professional experience working in independent practice and in the voluntary sector.

Her background includes work with an eating disorders charity and long-term volunteering for a bereavement charity. That experience informs her approach to complex emotional issues and loss. She uses techniques from enhanced CBT alongside nutritional awareness for eating and weight-related concerns.

In sessions Helen focuses on practical steps alongside understanding feelings and patterns. She helps people notice how thoughts, body sensations and relationships affect day-to-day life. Sessions are aimed at building coping skills, improving self-understanding and supporting lasting change.

How Helen's approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape feelings and patterns. It helps people understand why they react strongly in close relationships and offers ways to build more secure connections.

Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience at the centre. In practice this means the counsellor listens without judgement and follows the client's pace so they can explore difficult thoughts and emotions safely.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It provides clear strategies to change unhelpful thinking and develop coping skills for anxiety, low mood or eating concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Helen will work with each person to agree what feels most useful based on their goals, history and what feels comfortable. That collaborative process may combine different methods over time.

If you are considering online sessions, check which formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-in sessions when needed, and suit people who prefer not to be on camera. Registered or accredited professionals adapt these options to match each client's needs.