Helen Damisa, BACP

Helen Damisa welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, difficult relationships, family conflict, grief or the aftermath of trauma and abuse. She introduces a calm, down-to-earth style that aims to make the first steps easier for someone who may be unsure about reaching out. Helen is named up front so readers know who they will be working with.

Her approach is practical and rooted in conversation. Sessions give space to talk about thoughts and feelings without judgement. Helen aims to help people notice what matters to them and find small ways to change things that feel stuck.

Over six years in practice she has supported people with a wide range of concerns. These include attachment problems, adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, blended family tensions, and communication problems. She has also worked with people facing chronic illness, cancer, caregiver stress, body image difficulties and co-morbid conditions.

Her work draws on a mix of approaches. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used for practical thinking and behaviour changes. Other approaches she uses include client-centred listening, attachment-focused ideas and elements from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy when emotion regulation skills are needed.

Helen is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often shown as BACP. She practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. If you feel ready to take a first step, the profile guides you to begin the matching process and schedule a session.

How Helen's approaches work well online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. Online ACT sessions often focus on practical exercises, noticing thoughts, and committing to actions that fit daily life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) works on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and introduces simple exercises to test unhelpful thinking. In remote sessions CBT can include structured tasks and short between-session practice to build new habits. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape current reactions. Online work can involve talking through relationship patterns and practising different ways of responding.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person's goals and preferences. That may mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting over time based on what helps.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit support into busy days by removing travel time, making it easier to schedule shorter check-ins, or allowing sessions during a lunch break. It can also make practising skills at home more straightforward because exercises can be tried between meetings and then discussed in the next session.