- Person-centred care
- Creative expression
- Practical coping skills
About Helen
Helen Ridlington-White is a psychotherapist with 28 years of experience. She holds BACP registration and has worked across community and NHS settings. Her practice draws on long experience with people of varied ages and neurodiversity. She aims to make therapy straightforward and understandable for someone worried about their next steps.
She trained in counselling and child development and combines several approaches to suit each person. Sessions often include talking, reflective exercises, and options for creative or artistic expression when helpful. Helen describes therapy as a space to deepen emotional understanding and to work through life changes and relationship stresses.
Her work covers common struggles such as anxiety, depression, grief and stress, and also issues like parenting, intimacy-related concerns, compassion fatigue, addictions and trauma. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care, attachment matters, divorce and separation, autism and Asperger Syndrome, and related challenges.
Helen uses Client-Centred Therapy alongside methods such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Jungian ideas, mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives. She also brings somatic awareness into sessions when bodily experience is relevant.
She accepts international clients and provides sessions that can include video, audio-only, written chat or email formats, with the option to include creative arts. Sessions run via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, users follow the platform Start Therapy process and schedule according to her availability.
How Helen blends approaches for online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own perspective. The therapist listens closely and helps people find their own answers through empathy and acceptance. This approach suits issues where someone needs time to feel heard and to build self-understanding.Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for handling strong emotions and improving relationships. It includes techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance and mindful awareness that can help with anxiety, anger and self-management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Helen will discuss what feels most useful based on a person's goals and preferences, and may combine elements from different approaches as needed. The process is collaborative, with the person and therapist checking in about what helps and what to change.
Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. They reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits a day at work. Her listed formats include video, audio-only, written chat without audio or visual, and email, and there is scope to include creative or artistic exercises remotely. If session formats matter for practical reasons, users should confirm current options before booking to match how they want to work.
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Experience
28+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship issues, as well as ADHD, parenting and intimacy-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centred and collaborative, offering talking, reflective exercises and creative options that match each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has 28 years' experience, including work as an NHS counsellor and in private practice and supervision.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is registered with the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Her biography lists video, audio-only, chat without audio or visual, and email as possible session formats.
How are fees handled?
Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; exact cost varies with location and therapist availability.
How do I get started?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to her availability.
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