Helen Hampton, BACP

Helen Hampton is a pluralistic counsellor based in Scotland who adapts her work to the needs of each individual. She begins by understanding how difficulties affect daily life and by exploring how things might be different if those problems were eased. Helen combines the client’s own knowledge with her professional skills to build a collaborative path toward change, believing the client is the expert in their own life and that the therapeutic relationship is central to progress.

Her training and experience include Person-Centred Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic approaches, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt, and Brief Solution-Focused methods, among others. This range allows her to tailor sessions to different situations and preferences, choosing techniques that fit each person’s needs. She has particular experience working with trauma, including PTSD and Complex PTSD, and supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and life transitions.

Helen emphasises acceptance, warmth, and respect as the foundations of her practice, and she takes a neuroscience-informed perspective to better understand patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaviour. She holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and brings hope and courage to the therapeutic process while helping clients identify strengths, resources, and practical ways forward.

Approaches and online support for personalised care

Helen works from a pluralistic framework, which means she draws on a mix of methods and tailors sessions to each person rather than applying one fixed model. This approach helps when people need flexibility to address a range of issues, from relationship concerns to trauma-related symptoms.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a structured approach that helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood, panic, and stress by providing practical strategies and skills to manage symptoms.

Alongside these, Helen integrates a Person-Centred stance that emphasises empathy, acceptance, and collaboration. This helps create a trusting space where a client’s own insights and strengths are supported and explored.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. Helen will collaborate with each person to select and adapt methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences, making decisions together about what feels most helpful.

Online therapy with Helen is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexible access from different locations and schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life while maintaining continuity of care with licensed professionals and therapists.