Helen Hardy

As Supervision is monthly - please contact me to discuss and we can agree a time that will suit us both

I currently have spaces for 2 supervisees - either students or qualified

£50 one hour per month and £75 for 1.5 hrs per month with reduced rates for students £46 for one hour and £66 fir 1.5 hrs 

BACP accreditation submitted and in progress

I can meet in person if you can travel to Fife or online via zoom if this is not possible.

I have a COSCA Counselling Supervision Certificate

I have many years of experience working with trauma and work with 18+ and couples. I am trained in Person Centered and Psycho dynamic modalities as well as in CBT Coaching and CRM Trauma Modality.  I work in an integrative/holistic way.   I can support students.

My supervision style is informed by Shohet and Hawkins 7 eyed model - reflecting on the multiple relationships that exist between client, tehrapist, supervisor and wider context.

As professionals together we can work on egdes to your practice, triggers, blocks and challenges arising in the work you are doing.  We will work together in service of the client.

I can offer a 15 - 30 min introductory call to establish if we are a good fit for each other

I have availability for Counselling and Clinical Supervision

Counselling and Supervision

I offer both online and face-to-face sessions.

I’m based in Fife, and if you’re within travelling distance, we can meet in my log cabin, a calm and dedicated counselling space.

For online sessions, I work from this same space via Microsoft Teams, ensuring a consistent and private setting.

The number of sessions we have together will depend on your individual needs and the complexity of the issues we are exploring.

Areas of Experience

I work with a wide range of issues, including:

Trauma, PTSD, sexual assault, rape, and childhood sexual abuse, along with the symptoms that arise from these overwhelming experiences

I hold a compassionate space for bereavement, grief and lss.

Relationship challenges — communication, infidelity, rebuilding trust, and reconnecting emotionally and physically

Anxiety and depression

Suicidal thoughts and self-harm

Substance abuse

Low self-esteem

Bereavement and loss

I work both with cognitive and sub/unconscious processes

Couples Counselling

I work with couples on a range of issues, including communication difficulties, infidelity, loss of emotional or physical intimacy, and navigating life changes together.

Session Fees

Individuals: £46 per session 

Couples: £61 per session

There are different styles of counselling and I am in integrative practioner underpinned by person centred values. One of my core beliefs is that you are the expert in your own life.  My role is to understand things from your perspective and support you in your goals.  

I am informed by attachment theory which helps us understand how our formative years create patterns of relating that we repeat and may not realise where it comes from.

I believe in resourcing clients - and will offer a range of resources that clients can pick and choose from depending on what resonates with them.  Examples of this are a variety of breathing exercises, visualisation techniques and anger dissipation techniques. 

I also use Psycho education techniques - educating about how the brain works when traumatised or overwhelmed.

I have recently added life coaching skills, Reiki and Shamanic practice to my skill set.  I work with the tools and approach that we agree on.  I am able to move between working with the here and now or with events that have impacted you in the past. 

Reiki and Shamanic work are both gentle holistic approaches working with energy and nervous system regulation.  These approaches are available if you consider them suitable for you.

Comprehensive Resource Model is a specialist approach used to treat trauma, including PTSD and complex PTSD.

For counselling

The first session differs from all others as to begin with I will take you through details of sessions lengths, notification of holidays, explicit limits to confidentiality and some further details about counselling procedures and the way I work.

Once this is completed we will focus on your goals and what you hope to achieve through counselling.

For Reiki or Shamanic Clearing - first session would be around 1 hr 15 mins and the subsequent sessions 1 hr