About Helen
Helen Pool offers calm, direct support for people feeling stuck or overwhelmed. She helps with anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and major life changes. Helen writes plainly and aims to make the first steps feel manageable and clear.
Helen speaks from personal experience of moving through patterns rooted in early abandonment and low self-worth. That history shapes how she listens and the practical focus she brings to sessions. She presents as warm and honest, offering gentle challenge rather than instructions.
How Helen works
Over eight years Helen has worked with people on trauma, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting strain and career pressures. She uses a flexible approach and adapts methods to the needs in front of her rather than following a single formula. Helen is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Her practice blends attachment-based ideas with client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques. Sessions aim to uncover recurring patterns, build clearer boundaries and develop day-to-day coping skills. Hypnotherapy and existential questions form part of the broader toolkit when they suit the person.
Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or messaging. Helen is based in the United Kingdom and works with people internationally. She welcomes honest conversation about goals, pace and practical next steps.
Helen lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Helen works with
The areas below are the ones Helen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Helen's approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice repeating dynamics and learn new ways to relate that feel safer and clearer. Client-Centred Therapy places the person's perspective at the heart of sessions, using empathic listening to help people find their own answers and build self-trust. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and habits and teaches practical steps to reduce anxiety and change behaviours.Picking an approach is a collaborative process. Helen will talk through options and try methods that match the person's goals and preferences. Together they will check in regularly and adjust the way they work as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video helps when seeing facial cues matters, phone works well for people with low bandwidth or who prefer audio only, live chat and messaging suit short check-ins or when writing feels easier. These formats help fit therapy around work, family life and travel while keeping the focus on practical change and emotional clarity.
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