I am licensed in the UK with 5+ years of professional work experience. I also have been a practicing Hypnotherapist for 7 years.
I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, LGBT + related issues, & trauma and abuse.
Professional and personal experience has enabled me to effectively work with neuro diverse clients over the years of professional practice.
Additionally I work within the prison services and have a passion for assisting people and their families who have been involved in the system where struggles around mental health, diversity, ADHD and addiction are a common theme.
I believe that everyone deserves to be treated with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Our paths are not always straightforward and we can all lose our direction in life. The previous struggles, emotional pain and setbacks in life will now start to create greatness as you discover that our dialogue creates a space where you can plan to finally meet and embrace your unique self and your specific needs. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage.
I am here to support you in that process.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Coping with grief and loss, Intimacy related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Concentration, memory and focus (ADHD), Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family problems, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Hypnotherapy, Psychodynamic Therapy
NCPS Therapist - Accredited Member (MNCPS Accred) #NCS17-05141
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The therapy sessions as well as the chat exchange with Helen Downs has helped me a lot! I am very grateful to have her as my therapist. She offers a safe place and encouragement. We look at my issues together and she always manages to inspire something helpful out of me - either putting things into perspective, encourage me to see things (like thought patterns or opportunities) I wouldn't realise on my own, or educating me about tools and mindsets. I always find the worksheets she assigns me helpful. Also, if I have any doubts or questions about them or about the therapy I can tell her and we find a good solution.
I learn to have more compassion with myself and engage new thought patterns.
She also catches up on past topics, so I feel seen as a whole person. But she also encourages me to be independent and to apply the techniques on my own.
I can highly recommend working with Helen Downs. Thank you!
Written on Dec 10, 2022 after therapy with Helen for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and adhd