Counsellor profile
Helen Howett, NCPS
Counsellor for stress and relationships
See online counselling options- Attachment based
- Client centred
- Mindfulness
About Helen
Counsellor Helen Howett is a member of the NCPS and has five years' experience. She works with adults and couples on stress, anxiety, parenting, self-esteem and life changes. She also offers support around relationship and family issues, trauma and grief, and career concerns.
Helen trained in medical science and childhood and youth studies before moving into creative therapeutic work. She describes herself as an accredited pleuritic creative therapist and draws on several talking approaches when she meets people. Sessions focus on what is happening now and the patterns that led there. Helen helps people talk through practical problems and the feelings beneath them.
Her way of working mixes attachment-based ideas with client-centred listening. Mindfulness techniques and psychodynamic thinking are used when they help, for example to notice repeated behaviour or manage overwhelming feelings. Sessions tend to be conversational and reflective, with exercises when useful to build coping skills.
Helen supports people dealing with abandonment and attachment concerns, blended family difficulties, codependency, commitment and control issues, and separation or divorce. She also offers help for problems such as eating and food-related issues, hoarding, fertility and fatherhood concerns, and first responder stress.
She works with practical matters like career choices, grief, forgiveness and coping with life transitions. Sessions are aimed at helping people develop clearer thinking and more manageable ways of coping. To begin, readers are asked to use the site booking path and complete the short matching questionnaire before arranging a first session.
How her approaches shape online counselling
Helen uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships affect current feelings. This approach can help with trust, separation and patterns that repeat in close relationships. Client-centred work means the counsellor listens without directing and follows the client's concerns, which suits people wanting a talking space to make sense of things.Mindfulness techniques are used to help people notice thoughts and body sensations in the moment and to develop simple ways to manage anxiety or strong emotions. These approaches tend to be practical and fit well with common life issues such as stress, parenting pressures or grief.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Helen will explore what helps in early sessions and agree a plan with the client. That plan may bring together listening, reflecting on past patterns and short exercises to build coping skills. The process is collaborative and will change if a different method looks more useful.
The profile does not list specific session formats here, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can help fit counselling into a busy week by cutting travel and making it easier to arrange appointments around work or family commitments. They can also allow shorter check-ins or flexible timings to suit daily life.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What problems does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, parenting, self-esteem, life changes, relationships, family problems, trauma and grief, and career issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines client-centred listening with attachment-based ideas. She may use mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives when they suit the work.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years' experience in therapeutic work.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is listed with the NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
Yes. International clients are accepted.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin with her?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
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