Helen Newman
Experienced person-centred counsellor
About Helen
Helen Newman helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief and low self-esteem. She also supports those facing addiction, intimacy-related issues, eating or sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, career changes, bipolar and depression. Helen works with a broad range of emotional and life challenges with a calm, steady presence.
Helen uses a person-centred style that keeps the session focused on each individual’s needs. She listens without judgement and encourages people to make sense of their feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions move at the client’s pace and can look different from week to week depending on what matters most in the moment. Her approach draws on several therapies so work can include looking at thoughts and behaviours, exploring past patterns, or using guided relaxation techniques. Helen blends elements of Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Psychodynamic ideas alongside hypnotherapy when appropriate.
The mix is chosen to suit what the person wants to achieve. Helen has five years of clinical experience and has delivered over a thousand hours of one-to-one counselling. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials which reflect her professional standing.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online across the United Kingdom. Her sessions aim to build self-understanding, reduce distress and help people find practical ways to cope. Helen supports clients through changes such as bereavement, separation, addiction recovery and major life transitions.
She encourages small, manageable steps toward better day-to-day functioning.
What Helen works with
How Helen works
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Listed by Helen among the ways they work.
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Sessions & fees
How Helen’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in the room. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is said and helps the client find their own solutions. This approach can help with low self-esteem, relationship concerns and grief by creating a supportive space to talk.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour. It uses practical techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of coping. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress and sleep problems.
Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to support change in habits or responses. It is sometimes used for issues such as smoking, stress, sleep and some forms of anxiety.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Helen will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods that fit their goals, needs and preferences. This decision is reviewed over time as therapy progresses.
Online sessions offer flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face contact, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging lets people write between meetings. These options help people keep therapy going around work, family and daily commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
