Helen

Counselling Available with Helen in Ferndown

Trauma-informed counselling based in Ferndown and online

Counselling is available with Helen in Ferndown, offering trauma-informed support for adults who may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck in long-standing patterns. Helen provides a calm, compassionate space to explore experiences of trauma, grief, emotional overwhelm, relationship difficulties, and periods of significant change.

Support may also be available for PTSD and C-PTSD, as well as pre-trial counselling where appropriate.

Sessions are relational, grounded, and shame-aware. Therapy is not about fixing you. It is about creating enough safety for your nervous system to settle, so that experiences can begin to be processed at your own pace.

Mindfulness-informed approaches may be gently integrated into the work, supporting awareness of thoughts, emotions, and bodily responses, and helping to develop greater steadiness and self-compassion over time.

In-Person Counselling in Ferndown

Helen offers in-person counselling in Ferndown. Many clients attend sessions here from Ferndown and surrounding areas of Dorset, valuing the calm setting and supportive therapeutic environment.

Online counselling is also available where this feels more appropriate.

How Counselling in Ferndown Can Help

People come to counselling for many reasons. You may be experiencing anxiety, trauma, grief, emotional overwhelm, or a sense of disconnection from yourself or others. You may not have clear words for what you are carrying, only a feeling that something is not sitting right.

Trauma-informed therapy can support you to:

• Understand your emotional and physical responses with compassion

• Reduce overwhelm and nervous system activation

• Work gently with trauma, shame, and long-held patterns

• Develop mindfulness and awareness of internal experiences

• Reconnect with a sense of steadiness, choice, and agency

• Feel less alone with what you are carrying

Getting Started in Ferndown

Beginning therapy can feel like a big step, especially if you have been managing on your own for some time. You are welcome to get in touch for an initial conversation to explore whether counselling with Helen in Ferndown feels like the right support for you.