Helen Willoughby, BACP, NCPS

Helen Willoughby has worked as a therapist since 2003 and was a nurse before that. She brings 22 years of therapeutic experience to her private practice in the United Kingdom. Helen uses a calm, straightforward style to help people facing a wide range of life challenges.

Helen helps people with stress, anxiety, depression and bipolar difficulties. She also supports those coping with grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, eating concerns and parenting strain. Living with long-term illness, chronic pain and cancer are also areas she addresses alongside issues such as ADHD and compassion fatigue.

Her approach draws on client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques and Jungian ideas, plus mindfulness and motivational interviewing. In sessions she focuses on listening, practical steps and helping people notice patterns that get in the way of change. She explains methods clearly at the start so people know what to expect.

Helen aims to treat each person as an individual and to work in a kind, non-judgemental way. Counselling can be hard work, so she balances challenge with support and helps people take small, manageable steps forward. She is used to answering questions and easing doubts at the beginning of therapy.

People who choose Helen often want straightforward support for everyday problems and deeper life shifts. If someone is ready to start, she asks them to complete the site matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. Helen welcomes international clients and conducts work in English.

How Helen uses her approaches in online work

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers empathy and helps them find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and ease symptoms such as anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness practice helps people notice their moment-to-moment experience and reduce reactivity, which can be useful for stress, anger and chronic pain.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Helen will discuss different ways of working and agree a plan with each person. That planning is collaborative - goals, preferences and daily life all shape what is tried and for how long.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy routines, cut travel time and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. It also makes it simpler for international clients to work with therapists in the United Kingdom. The focus remains on making therapy practical and workable for everyday life.