Helen Pool, BACP

Helen Pool welcomes people who feel stuck, overwhelmed or tired of repeating the same patterns. She focuses on helping individuals who are anxious, struggling with relationships, or carrying painful past experiences. Helen writes plainly and meets people where they are, offering steady support while you work out what to change.

Helen draws on eight years of practice and a background that includes a Postgraduate Diploma from Leeds Beckett University and a Diploma in Hypnotherapy. She is a member of the BACP. Her personal journey through people-pleasing and fear of abandonment shapes how she listens and the pace she sets in sessions.

Her approach is integrative. She mixes Attachment-Based ideas with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and client-centred listening, and she can include hypnotherapy where useful. Helen focuses on thoughts and everyday habits as a route to changing how people feel and behave.

Sessions explore patterns that cause pain, such as low self-worth, codependency and avoidance. Helen aims to help people recognise those patterns, try small changes, and build trust in their own judgement. She keeps the work practical and focused on what matters now.

Her style is warm and gently challenging. Helen offers clear, honest reflections rather than directives, and she supports people to find clarity and stronger emotional resources. She works with adults and young people from age 11 upwards.

How Helen uses different approaches in online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice connection and safety issues that affect relationships and self-worth, and it can be useful for people dealing with abandonment, attachment concerns or codependency.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and acceptance. The therapist follows the person’s lead, offering empathy and reflection to help them find their own solutions; this suits people who need time to find clarity and build self-trust.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and everyday habits keep problems going. It uses practical steps to test unhelpful beliefs and try new behaviours, which can help with anxiety, low mood and everyday coping.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Helen will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences, and she adapts as therapy progresses rather than sticking to one fixed model.

For practical reasons, online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to have regular weekly sessions. The exact session formats should be confirmed before booking, so check available options when you arrange an appointment.