Helen Sargent

Practice hours are:

Mon 1pm - 8pm

Tues 9.30am -6pm

Weds 9.30am - 6pm

Thurs 9.30 am - 6pm

I am qualified at Level 7 to offer Person-centred supervision to counsellors and to anyone working in the helping professions (carers, teachers, nurses ...)  who feels they could benefit from a regular space to take stock. I am able to support practitioners who work 1-1 with adults and young people.

I work with the 7-Eyed Model and the Cyclical Model to offer a relational, process-oriented space for reflection on your practice.

Person-centred supervision is embedded in a relational approach which respects the expertise of the supervisee and supports them to deepen their congruence with their clients /service users.

I have no current availability for new clients.

A limited number of concessions are available for people on low income. Initial sessions are charged at £45.

Working hours are:

Mon 12pm -8pm

Tues 9.30am - 6pm

Weds 9.30am - 6pm

Thurs 9.30am - 6pm

I'm a fully trained Integrative counsellor, which means I draw on several approaches and select from them to best suit your issue and character. I am always keen to learn more about how counselling can work . Beyond my core qualifications , other areas that inform my approach include studies on: how we are conscious of our own existence; how far we feel separated from or connected to others; what we take from and give to our environments; how we have evolved.

I am also a qualified EMDR practitioner. EMDR is recognised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence as a means of processing distressing events from the past which are impacting on our experiences in the present. I am particularly interested in working with Attachment Informed EMDR, which invites us to work with formative developmental experiences. EMDR sessions are charged at £60/hr.

Outside of private practice, I have worked with adolescents for over 20 years, and greatly cherish the challenge, energy and creativity of young people. A key part of my past work has been to help care-leavers and young homeless people transition to successful independent living, and I continue to enjoy working with adolescents in my current practice.

My early years as a counsellor were spent within the hospice movement, working with bereaved clients and clients with life-changing illness.

I'm an Accredited member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists) and abide by their ethical code, including a firm faith that successful therapy lies in trusting to people's autonomy. This means I work in a non-directive way, offering a reflective space for clients to explore their own, unique experiences of life. 

First sessions are person-centred and give us the opportunity to identify what you are looking for from counselling and to explore if we will make a good match. They are charged at £45