Counsellor profile
Helen Hardy, BACP
Counsellor - stress and relationships
See online counselling options- Attachment-based work
- Client-centred approach
- Trauma-focused methods
About Helen
Counsellor Helen Hardy is a BACP member practising in the United Kingdom with ten years' experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and coping with major life changes.
Helen uses approaches drawn from attachment-based work, client-centred practice, psychodynamic ideas and trauma-focused methods. In sessions she listens to how problems show up in everyday life. She aims to help people understand feelings, patterns and past experiences that affect current relationships and coping.
Her work often focuses on issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties and codependency. She also addresses blended family concerns, caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues and dissociation. This makes it possible to tackle both immediate symptoms and the background factors that can keep them coming back.
People contact her about divorce and separation, domestic violence, guilt, shame, emptiness and family problems. Helen also supports those dealing with forgiveness and managing the emotional impact of loss. She uses plain language and steady pacing so conversations are clear and manageable.
Sessions begin with a short assessment to identify current needs and goals. Helen works collaboratively to plan the next steps and adjust the approach as needed. To start, follow the directory's process to view online counselling options and complete the matching questionnaire before booking a first session.
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current emotional patterns and reactions. Online sessions using this approach can help with trust, closeness and repeated relationship difficulties by mapping those patterns and trying different ways of relating.Client-centred practice focuses on what the person brings in the moment, using careful listening and reflection. Online conversations can be used to talk through feelings, set short-term goals and test small changes between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Helen will discuss what feels helpful and what does not, and adapt the mix of methods to match the person's needs, goals and preferences. That choice is made together rather than prescribed in advance.
The biography does not list specific session formats here, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit work or family commitments around sessions, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also suit people who want to focus on talking therapy without attending in person.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and coping with life changes.
What therapeutic style does she use?
Her work draws on attachment-based, client-centred, psychodynamic and trauma-focused approaches to understand feelings and patterns.
How long has she been practising?
She has ten years of professional experience working with clients.
Which professional body is she registered with?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions booked and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.