Profile / United Kingdom
Helen Pool, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - anxiety and relationships
See online therapy options- CBT informed
- Attachment focus
- Practical exercises
About Helen
Helen Pool is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years' experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, low self-esteem, addiction and major life changes. She also offers coaching around career and coping with transitions.
Helen speaks from personal experience of recovery after childhood wounds that affected relationships and self-worth. That experience shaped how she works and why she focuses on patterns that keep people stuck. She aims to help people notice those patterns and test different ways of responding.
Her approach combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with attachment-informed and person-centred ideas. She also draws on hypnotherapy, existential perspectives and emotionally-focused methods when they fit a person's needs. Sessions tend to be practical and structured, with attention to how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact.
Before counselling Helen worked as an engineer and project manager. That background informs a pragmatic way of supporting clients who juggle work pressures and caring responsibilities. She has worked with clients across the world on trauma, grief, intimacy issues, parenting and substance concerns.
People who work with Helen can expect to explore how old patterns formed, and to practise small experiments to change them. She encourages clear, honest discussion about goals and steady steps to reach them. To start, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and book an initial session.
How her approaches work in online sessions
Helen commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and habits, test alternative ways of thinking, and practise small behavioural experiments that change day-to-day reactions. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to identify patterns from early relationships and how those patterns affect current connections and intimacy. Client-Centred Therapy offers a non-directive space where the person's own goals guide each session and the counsellor follows their lead.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. She discusses goals and preferences at the start and adjusts methods as work progresses. Clients and the therapist choose which tools to use based on what feels manageable and useful for the problems being addressed.
The biography indicates sessions have been offered by video, phone, live chat and messaging, but prospective clients should confirm which formats are currently supported before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family commitments, allow shorter check-ins by phone or chat, and reduce travel time. The therapist will suggest session rhythms and exercises that can be practised between meetings to support steady progress.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, self-esteem, addictions, trauma, grief, intimacy concerns, parenting and career-related change.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and structured, using CBT-informed tools alongside attachment and person-centred ideas to notice patterns and try new responses.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years' experience working with clients in a range of life and relationship difficulties.
What credentials and location apply?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered and can international clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography lists video, phone, live chat and messaging as formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.