Helen Yates , BACP

Helen Yates is a United Kingdom based therapist with five years of professional experience and BACP accreditation, a credential indicating membership in the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She supports people navigating stress, anxiety and depression as well as relationship challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, and addictive behaviors. Her practice also addresses LGBT and gender-related concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and family issues, career transitions, intimacy and self-esteem matters, neurodiversity-related needs such as ADHD and autism, and other complex life changes.

Her primary approach is the person-centered or client-centered model, which emphasizes empathy, respect and the client as the expert of their own story. She combines that foundation with techniques drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy when those tools better suit a person’s goals. This flexible integration helps tailor the work to the individual rather than applying a single method to every situation.

Helen believes in collaborating with people to identify strengths and practical steps toward meaningful change. She works in English and makes herself available to international clients through a range of remote session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Taking the first step is recognized as courageous, and she aims to offer a supportive, respectful space for that beginning.

Therapeutic approaches for online support and growth

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, focuses on helping people clarify their values and take committed action toward a meaningful life while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be helpful for anxiety, depression, stress and patterns that hold someone back. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships influence current emotional patterns and interpersonal dynamics, and it can support work on intimacy, trust, abandonment and family-related issues by strengthening relational safety and understanding.

Client-centered therapy, the core of Helen Yates's practice, emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard and collaboration so that the client leads the pace and direction of change. This approach is well suited to people who want a respectful, strength-based environment to explore identity, self-esteem and life transitions. Helen works with clients to decide which approaches to combine, tailoring the plan to individual needs, goals and preferences in a collaborative way.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These formats make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or while traveling, allow for shorter or longer session types as appropriate, and can support continuity of care when in-person visits are not practical.