''Having come from a background where you can feel the weight of those heavy punctuation marks in the air whenever the word “counselling” is mentioned, I found it a complete shock to reach a moment in my life when I couldn’t simply dismiss it as a load of BS, but found I needed professional help to address issues in my life which had become too much of a burden. Helen’s help was exceptional. She guided me through the mire of my emotions expertly and enabled me to see by myself what the real issues were and their causes. I would have been far too self-conscious to visit a therapist in person, but I found the cyberspace environment relaxing and it was easy for me to open up and quickly see the core problems. Helen - you helped me get my life back. Thank you''. (J.L.)
''I knew I wanted to talk to someone who I had no connections with....but I also didn't want to go and talk to someone face to face, I guess out of slight embarrassment that what I thought were huge troubles may look pretty miniscule to someone else. I think the hardest thing for me was knowing where to start and that because my head felt all jumbled up I was concerned what I was about to write wouldn't make much sense. For me personally, I think I got more out of online counselling than if I was to see someone face to face; if I can see how someone is reacting to what I'm saying I probably wouldn't say exactly what I was going to, whereas with the online counselling I could write everything I was feeling, as if I was writing a diary entry and I could then be completely honest. I didn't know what would come back but found the responses that did always made me look at things slightly differently and think about things more rationally and of course just a few key thoughts from you seemed to put a lot of it into context, kind of like switching on a light' (K.G.)
'I found counselling with Helen extremely helpful and I would recommend her to anyone'. (A.L.)