Helen Marshall

Helen Marshall, NCPS, is a counsellor working in the United Kingdom who helps people facing addictions, LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity and compassion. Helen tailors conversations and plans to meet individual needs and priorities. Seeking change can feel daunting and she aims to support people through those first steps.

With three years of professional experience, Helen combines approaches drawn from attachment-based work, client-centred practice, cognitive behavioural ideas, hypnotherapy and psychodynamic thinking. She uses simple, practical techniques alongside listening and reflection. Sessions focus on what feels most useful to the individual rather than following a fixed script.

People often bring issues such as parenting stress, adoption and foster care difficulties, communication breakdowns, or the impact of domestic violence and substance use. Helen also supports those living with guilt, shame, loneliness, questions about life purpose, and concerns linked to narcissism or social anxiety. She describes her role as a supportive companion while people make changes.

Her way of working emphasises collaborative planning and clear short-term goals when needed. Helen will check in on progress and adapt the plan over time. She works in English and does not accept international clients at this time.

If someone prefers to begin online, they can use the site process to match and schedule a first appointment and then decide together on the best steps forward.

How Helen's approaches work for online sessions

Attachment-based work looks at how early and important relationships shape feelings and behaviour. In practice this means talking about patterns in close relationships and trying new ways of connecting or coping. Client-centred counselling focuses on listening closely and following the person's pace and priorities, creating space to make sense of difficult experiences. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches tools to change unhelpful patterns.

Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. Helen will discuss goals and preferences and suggest what might help most. Over the first few meetings she will check what is working and adjust the approach so it fits practical needs and emotional goals.

If you are considering online work, please confirm the exact session options before booking. The main benefit of remote sessions is flexibility - they can be scheduled to fit around work, childcare or travel. Remote conversations also make it easier to have shorter check-ins or to choose audio-only times when video is difficult. Overall, online meetings can make it simpler to keep therapy part of everyday life while you work on recovery, relationships and self-esteem.