Helen McLaughlin

Trainee psychotherapist in the final stage of my MSc in Warwick

Presence Being Becoming Therapy Services· Warwick· CV34

Specialist in: Anxiety, Depression, Neurodivergence, Stress, Other

Online Only

Person-Centred counsellor/therapist

Duration

30,60 or 75 minutes
Individual cost

From £15-£37.50 depending on length of session chosen. Please see fee statement below for details.

Do you want to (re)discover yourself? Perhaps you've grown up with or experienced spaces with values different to your own? Perhaps a change in your life has you re-evaluating how you live your life? Perhaps you understand yourself or your identity in a new way? I aim to create a space together where you feel safe, valued and trusted to explore any thoughts, feelings and experiences, to connect with who you are and to discover what's right for you, based on your experience of what it's like to be you. Welcome, I'm Helen, most people call me Hallie. I offer weekly one-to-one sessions to adults 18+ in the UK via Zoom.

I appreciate a safe space can mean something different to all of us. I won’t dismantle any walls, I will work together with you to explore what you want to get from sessions at your own pace. I'm here to meet you where you are with empathy and will honour your thoughts, feelings and experiences, and what they mean to you. You're welcome here just as you are.

I appreciate your experience as an individual, as well as the role that society can have. I'm a warm, inclusive person and trainee psychotherapist in the process of completing the final research project for my MSc in Person-centred and Experiential Psychotherapy. I'm a trainee member of UKCP with over 300 hours and 3 years' experience working with clients.

I offer weekly one-to-one sessions via Zoom on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday daytimes. To enquire about booking in a free 15 minute introduction video call or 60 minute intial session at £15, please send an email or text and we can arrange a time. I aim to respond to all messages within 48 hours on weekdays.

Thank you for considering whether I might be somebody who could support you. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Areas of practice
I work with adults (18+) with a wide range of experiences. Here are some of the experiences I can support you with:
- Ableism
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Boundaries
- Carers
- Change and life transitions
- Chronic health conditions
- Depression
- Living with disabilities
- Discrimination
- Diversity
- Emotional regulation
- Fatigue
- Feeling low
- Grief in various forms
- Hair pulling
- Highly sensitive person
- Identity
- LGBTQIA+
- Loss in various forms
- Neurodivergence and neurodiversity
- Perfectionism
- Personal development
- Prejudice
- Racism
- Relationships
- Self-care
- Self-confidence
- Self-esteem
- Shame
- Stigma
- Stress
- Student life
I have over 3 years’ experience offering face to face and remote sessions within generic counselling services for adults aged 18+.

As well as my experience in therapy practice, I am currently Training Admin for an organisation that offers neurodiversity training for professionals. I also have volunteering, and work experience in the dance sector, within policy and research work, in classrooms and libraries, within campaigns and welfare and access roles, in hospices, shelters for people experiencing homelessness, working with disabled people, neurodivergent people, carers and people who have experienced bereavement.

I am committed to my own ongoing personal and professional development and attend regular CPD.
Special areas

I have additional experience in autism, ADHD, AuDHD, identity, highly sensitive people, disabilities and chronic health conditions. My approach is trauma-informed and neurodivergence, disability, LGBTQIA+ and size affirmative.
Accessibility Comments

All sessions are via Zoom. If you have any practical questions or access needs you would like me to know about in advance, you are very welcome to let me know.
Professional accreditation

Trainee member of UKCP - 2011183619
Code of ethics

I am commited to ethical practice and work in accordance with UKCP codes of ethics.
Qualifications

Certificates obtained before beginning my core training:

- HNC Counselling: Integrative Theory (2020)

- Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies (2019)

- Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills (2019)

Non-therapy related qualifications

- BA German and Sociology from University of Warwick (2018)
Place of study

The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute
Language(s)

English
Fees statement

I offer an optional free 15 minute introduction Zoom video call or phone call, then all sessions via Zoom: a 60 minute initial session at £15, then, weekly 30 minute sessions at £15, 60 minute sessions at £30 and 75 minute sessions at £37.50. At least 24 hours' notice is needed for cancellations.

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Phone 07482993159

Helen McLaughlin

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