Helen Lyon
Compassionate counsellor for overwhelmed adults
About Helen
Helen Lyon supports adults who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or not good enough. She works with people whose inner critic is loud, whose thoughts replay old conversations, and whose anxiety makes everyday life harder. If you are wondering whether things have to stay this way, she can help you look for different options and ways of coping.
Her style is straightforward and down to earth. She avoids jargon and focuses on listening closely to what matters to you.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to help you name unhelpful patterns, try small changes, and find clearer ways to make choices that fit your needs. Helen draws on a mix of talking approaches to match what each person needs.
She uses person-centred ideas to follow your view of yourself, relational ideas to work with what happens between you and the counsellor, and psychodynamic thinking to gently look at how past experiences might shape the present. Transactional Analysis helps notice repeated ways of communicating that keep causing difficulty. Her work often centres on stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and relationship issues.
She also supports people facing life changes, struggles with control, attachment issues, difficulties after separation, and problems such as panic attacks, self-harm and social anxiety. Helen qualified seven years ago and practises in the United Kingdom. She meets people with warmth and curiosity, checks progress as therapy goes on, and keeps supervision and training up to date.
What Helen works with
Sessions & fees
How Helen’s approaches work online
Helen draws on a few established talking approaches to shape sessions that suit you. Person-centred work focuses on your experience and what matters to you; the counsellor follows your lead and helps you find your own solutions. Relational ideas pay attention to the here-and-now between you and the counsellor, using that relationship to notice patterns and try different ways of being.These approaches are explored together so the right fit can emerge. The therapist will check in about what helps, adjust the style as needed, and work with you to set goals and a comfortable pace. Deciding on an approach is a joint process rather than a single choice made at the start.
Online sessions can be delivered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation similar to in-person work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging can suit people who prefer to write, who need flexibility around their day, or who want support without being on camera. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family commitments and travel.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
