About Helen
Helen Yates is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people work through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain and LGBT-related concerns. She supports people facing trauma, addiction, grief, intimacy and self-esteem issues. Helen also works with practical challenges like sleeping and eating difficulties, career worries, and coping with life changes.
Helen uses a person-centred way of working that treats each person as the expert in their own life.
Background and approach
She listens without judgement and aims to make space for people to find their own solutions. Over time she brings in other approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques and acceptance strategies when they suit the individual. Her background includes five years of practice and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, recorded as BACP.
She describes experience supporting people with sexual abuse, gender dysphoria, body image concerns, and eating and addiction issues. Helen draws on this experience to tailor sessions to what each person needs. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps as well as exploring feelings.
Helen helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes that fit their life. She encourages values-based choices and skills that can make daily life more manageable. People can expect a calm, respectful space to talk things through and work at a pace that feels right.
Helen aims to balance supportive listening with practical tools so progress can be steady and relevant to real life.
What Helen works with
Everything Helen lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Helen is listed here; the rest shows what else Helen works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Helen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Helen’s approaches fit online
Helen commonly draws on person-centred work alongside cognitive behavioural therapy and acceptance-based ideas. Person-centred work focuses on listening, empathy and helping people make sense of their own experience. Cognitive behavioural techniques look at patterns of thought and behaviour and offer practical exercises to change unhelpful cycles. Acceptance-based approaches help people notice difficult feelings, clarify what matters to them and take steps in line with their values.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and adapt methods to suit what someone needs. That might mean more listening and reflection at first, or introducing straightforward skills and experiments later on.
Because the biography does not specify session formats, please confirm the available options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions around busy lives, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand. It can also let people choose a quieter setup or avoid being on camera when that helps them engage more comfortably. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use online sessions to keep therapy accessible and focused on everyday changes rather than on logistics.
Questions people ask about Helen
What kinds of concerns does Helen help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain and LGBT-related issues, along with trauma, addiction, grief and self-esteem problems.
How would you describe Helen's therapeutic style?
Helen primarily uses a person-centred approach that focuses on listening and collaboration. She also draws on other methods such as cognitive behavioural ideas and acceptance-based strategies when useful.
What experience does she bring?
She has five years of practice experience and has worked with matters like gender dysphoria, sexual abuse, body image and eating-related difficulties.
Is Helen registered with any professional body in the UK?
Yes. Her credential is BACP, which is recorded in her profile as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees and payment arranged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
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