Helen Woodcock

Member Status: Accredited

Member No: NCS22-02227

Location: Clevedon

I’m an integrative counsellor and I believe you know yourself best. Our work together can help you to explore and make sense of your powerful or painful issues. I offer an accepting space where you can feel heard and supported to explore your feelings and emotions with compassion.

Everyone is unique and what you bring to counselling will be your story. Much of my counselling practice has included supporting people going through transitions, coming to an understanding of the impact of life experiences such as; intergenerational traumas, being an adult survivor of childhood emotional abuse and trauma and surviving domestic abuse.

From workplace stress and burnout and how that impacts your relationships with family, friends and how you feel about yourself, to physical symptoms in your body, such as illness or tiredness, I can support you to explore the issues you are facing and discover the 'what and how' to changes you might want to make.

I have worked as a counsellor within a Primary Care GP practice as well as my own private counselling practice. I undertake regular clinical supervision, hold full liability insurance and am a registered member of NCPS, working within their ethical framework.

• Qualifications & Experience

  Professionally, I hold an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling accredited by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). I have the Counselling Tutor certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling. I have completed the Carolyn Spring ‘Working with Shame’ trauma training module. I have completed the BACP Anti-oppressive and inclusive practice in counselling and psychotherapy training.
  
  The work I have supported as a counsellor addresses a wide range of issues and experiences including low self-esteem, anxiety, stress, trauma, shame, depression, relationship difficulties and the effects of abuse, complex grief and loss.
• What I can help with

  • Abuse – Emotional, Physical, Sexual
  • Ageing and related issues
  • Anxiety
  • Assertiveness / Self-confidence / Self-esteem
  • Bereavement / Loss
  • Bullying
  • Depression
  • Divorce & Separation
  • Emotional issues
  • Exams
  • Family
  • Financial difficulties
  • Generally unhappy with your life
  • IBS / Digestive Issues
  • Illness and dying
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenting skills
  • Relationships
  • Self-defeating behaviours
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-harm
  • Shyness / Social Phobia
  • Sleep
  • Stress
  • Suicidal feelings
  • Trauma
  • Violence / Victim support