Individuals may seek counselling and therapy for a wide variety of issues and reasons. Counselling is an opportunity to discuss and explore the issues at hand with a qualified and experienced professional in a confidential setting. We offer short or long term therapy to suit the needs of each client. The particular issues that clients may bring include:
- anxiety
- depression
- obsessive compulsive disorder
- life crisis
- bereavement
- living with ill health or caring for someone with a chronic condition.
- trauma
- low self esteem and confidence
- eating disorders
- anger management
- abuse
- relationships
- spirituality
Testimonials
Helen is a professional and compassionate counsellor who understands a wide range of issues. She provides support through a caring and thoughtful approach and is a real pleasure to work with.” – Joe
Recently my relationship broke down and I lost my home and my job. I felt very anxious and at a loss on how to move forward and a friend recommended Helen. Helen helped me to take all the confusion happening in my head and put it in some order to allow me to deal with things one step at a time. She offers an invaluable service and during this time was a guiding lifeline that helped me make the changes necessary to move on with my life.” – Jackie
Helen/Hope Street Counselling was recommended to me by my employer after a period during which I was both grieving and suffering from work-related stress. It was very easy to relax into counselling with Helen, in her peaceful, calm and lovely room and with her very welcoming and supportive manner.
My sessions with Helen – which were weekly, then fortnightly and then monthly over roughly a six-month period – covered all sorts of issues, some rooted in work and others more deeply embedded; it was very easy to have even difficult conversations with Helen, since she always listened with understanding and kindness, never judging what she heard and always putting her finger on the issues that were bothering me and causing my difficulties. She suggested new and helpful ways of looking at things and offered practical advice for dealing with stress in the future.
While my job is still stressful, and never stopped being so, the meetings with Helen gave me a safe space to talk about this openly and, even after my sessions ended, have helped me, when things start to feel unmanageable, to find my inner-strength a little bit more easily. I have not needed to be absent from work with stress since my first session with Helen. I am very grateful to her and would recommend her most highly to anyone seeking counselling.” – Joanne