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Helen Yates

Warm person-centred counsellor with practical tools

BACP United Kingdom

Experience
5 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship
Approaches
Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English
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About Helen

Helen Yates is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports those facing relationship strain, grief, trauma and issues around intimacy.

Background and approach

Helen works with people dealing with addictions, body and eating concerns, ADHD and career pressures. She is BACP accredited, and brings five years of professional experience to her work.

Her style is warm and straightforward. She uses a person-centred stance that honours each person's experience and strengths.

Helen also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to offer practical ways to cope day to day. In sessions she aims to create a calm space to talk through what is most pressing.

Conversations focus on small, achievable steps and clearer ways to respond to difficult thoughts and feelings. Helen encourages clients to notice values and priorities as part of making changes.

Helen has worked with people facing gender and sexuality questions and with those recovering from sexual abuse and trauma. She adapts her approach to suit each person, combining empathy with practical exercises when helpful.

She offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. Sessions are available in various formats to fit different needs, and she supports people who want coaching-style help alongside counselling.

How Helen blends approaches for online work

Helen often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice values and take committed steps toward them. ACT focuses on learning to live with difficult thoughts while choosing actions that matter, which can help with anxiety, depression and life transitions.

She also uses the Gottman Method ideas when addressing relationship concerns. That approach looks at communication patterns, trust and connection and offers concrete exercises to improve how people relate to each other.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Helen discusses options with each person and adjusts methods to suit goals and preferences, so counselling feels collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel, and to keep continuity when circumstances change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Helen help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain, plus trauma, grief and addiction-related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Helen takes a person-centred approach that focuses on listening and recognising strengths, with practical techniques from CBT and ACT added when useful.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of professional experience working with clients on a broad range of concerns including gender and sexuality issues and recovery from abuse.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Helen works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
How does cost work for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counsellingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centred TherapyCognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodHypnotherapyImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

5+ years

Registered with

BACP

Languages

English