Helen Fox, BACP

Helen Fox practises a person-centred approach that places the client's experience at the centre of sessions. She uses listening, gentle questioning and practical exercises to help people notice what matters and take steps that fit their life. Helen presents herself as calm and approachable and aims to make sessions straightforward and useful.

She works with stress, anxiety and depression and offers support for trauma and abuse. Relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues and grief are part of her focus, as are self-esteem, addictions and compulsive behaviours. Helen also helps with sleep and eating difficulties, career worries and coping with life changes.

Her background includes four years of professional practice and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has worked with adults and young people and has experience helping people manage compassion fatigue, ADHD and family-related strains. Helen also lists additional focuses such as body image, caregiver stress and chronic illness related concerns.

In session she blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed ideas, client-centred listening, existential questions and mindfulness practices. That mix is used to suit each person - sometimes focusing on values and action, sometimes on understanding relationship patterns, and sometimes on building present-moment awareness.

Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients. Helen aims to respond to messages within one working day and usually does not work on UK public holidays. She welcomes enquiries from people looking for practical support and clearer direction.

Online approaches that focus on values and relationships

Helen uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people get clearer about their values and take small, practical steps towards them. ACT combines noticing thoughts and feelings with committed action so people can move forward despite difficult emotions.

She also draws on attachment-informed approaches to help people identify relationship patterns and how early connections still affect current behaviour. That can be useful when communication problems, intimacy-related worries or repeated relationship patterns cause distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and is decided together. The therapist listens to your goals and preferences and suggests which methods to try. Sessions can adapt over time as your needs change so the plan stays relevant and collaborative.

Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face to face when you want a fuller interaction. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a shorter break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging allow ongoing check-ins and written reflections between calls. These options make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life and to try different formats to see what works best.