About Helen
Helen Ridlington-White has practised as a psychotherapist for 28 years. She holds BACP registration and offers an integrative approach that draws on several methods to help people make sense of difficult feelings and life changes. Helen balances practical conversation with reflective work to help people feel steadier and more understood.
Her background includes child development and many years as a counsellor for the NHS. She also provides supervision to students and professionals, bringing long experience of clinical settings into each session.
How Helen works
This range informs how she tailors support to individual needs. Sessions can include talking, tracking physical sensations, and using symbolic or creative materials when helpful. Helen often blends client-centred listening with psychodynamic reflection and mindfulness exercises.
She may introduce skills from dialectical behaviour therapy for managing strong emotions and distress. People come for help with stress, anxiety, grief and depression, as well as relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She also supports those dealing with parenting pressures, compassion fatigue, addictions, trauma and abuse, and life transitions such as divorce or midlife questions.
There is attention to neurodiversity, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, intellectual disability, and women’s issues. Helen aims to create a steady pace so clients can explore painful memories and build new coping skills. Therapy is offered in English and can be arranged for international clients.
Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
Helen lists 6 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
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| 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 translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on empathic listening and building a trusting space so people can talk freely. Online sessions using this approach centre on what matters to the individual and follow their pace to clarify feelings and goals.Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention exercises and grounding practices to help manage anxiety and stress. These practices work well over video or audio and can be taught in short, practical steps that people can practise between sessions.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, when used selectively, offers concrete skills for regulating intense emotions and improving distress tolerance. Helen may present short skill-based exercises during a session that you can try in everyday life to reduce overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Helen will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their aims and preferences. She adjusts pace and techniques based on progress and feedback so the plan feels practical and achievable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversational work while phone sessions suit people who prefer audio only or have limited bandwidth. Live chat and messaging can be handy for brief check-ins, keeping momentum between longer sessions or fitting therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to book sessions around work, caring duties or travel.
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