Helen Yates, BACP

Helen Yates is a BACP-registered therapist based in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges. She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and family issues, and concerns related to sexuality and intimacy. Her practice also addresses specialist areas such as LGBT matters, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, career transitions, and attachment and adoption-related issues.

Her core therapeutic stance is the person-centred approach, sometimes called client-centred therapy, which emphasises the individual as the expert in their own life and draws on clients' existing strengths. She integrates techniques from other trained modalities - including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and attachment-based work - to tailor support to each person's needs. BACP refers to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK, and indicates the professional standards she follows.

Helen describes therapy as a collaborative process that begins with a courageous first step and builds on the client's own resources. She aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can explore difficult experiences, develop coping strategies, and work toward goals that matter to them.