Welcome to our team

Welcome to our team – Rachel, Andrea and Helen have a range of expertise and skills.

Please read our in-depth profiles below.

Psychological Therapist and HR Consultant

My first career was in financial and professional services sectors within HR/learning and development where I was employed as HR Operations and Development Director for a large professional services firm.  For the last 16 years I have developed my career into therapy and mental health services having worked as a mental health practitioner, primary care counsellor and counselling team leader in the NHS.  In addition to being a psychotherapist, I also provide consultancy, coaching and L&D to organisations in the professional services, financial, charity, education and care sectors nationwide.  My client base includes a wide variety of clients across both private and public sectors (DEFRA, emotional behavioural difficulty units within Lancashire Education Authority, Chartered Accountants Benevolent Society, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Lancashire Social Services, Penninecare NHS Foundation Trust, Onepoint Psychological Services, Lancashire Care, Alder Hey Hospital and the Police Federation).

I have 14 years experience as a psychological therapist within the NHS in both primary and secondary mental health services.  Most recently, I worked for 4 years in a retained capacity for Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust as a psychological trauma specialist and trainer in mental health and mindfulness within the Health & Wellbeing service.  I work as a psychotherapist and mental health assessor specialising in trauma including work for the Manchester  Resilience Hub following the Arena bombing.

I have combined NHS work with private practice for 9 years and receive regular referrals from EAPs (CIC, PamAssist, Priory Group, Oasis Human Relations), solicitors and insurers relating traumatic events where I use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing models. I work with adults, adolescents (from age 11 upwards) and families. I am also a retained psychotherapist for the MS Society and have a special interest in working with chronic ill health/pain and disability. This clinical practice is balanced with delivering learning and development solutions as outlined below.

I am an experienced workplace mediator and focus on delivering effective resolutions to grievance issues and working alongside HR teams/line managers to minimise organisational risk.  With the benefit of a number of years of operational HR experience in managing organisational change issues, clients often find pragmatic consultancy input invaluable in achieving workable solutions.

I am a member of the BACP, EMDR UK Association and UK Psychological Trauma Society.

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Counselling Directory

Adv/Diploma MBACP Accredited Counsellor, Clinical Supervisor and Trainer

My career and experience over the past 28 years has been working in safeguarding with children, young people and their families. A large proportion of that was working with Adolescents who presented with a huge amount of risk which at times was life threatening. I am comfortable working in this arena and supporting parents in managing their Children’s behaviour.

This is where my strength of building positive professional relationships, and having “uncomfortable conversations” derives from.

I work as an Integrative Counsellor which means I assess all the information given to me and decide the best approach with my Clients. For example, panic/anxiety and depression I would draw on my Cognitive Behavioural skill set to support my Clients.

I have worked extensively with adults with a wide range of issues; therefore I feel it is important to tailor my approach to the individual needs.

I have been a practising Counsellor for the last 20 years working with individuals, couples and families including referrals from organisations ie occupational health teams, EAPs, insurance, Solicitors, and recommendation from previous Clients.

I am currently working in Primary schools offering mental health and wellbeing sessions to staff, this also includes one to one sessions to promote positive wellbeing. This is something that really benefits the staff team and supports them in the workplace.

More recently my role here has included debrief group sessions when a staff team have experienced the bereavement of some children in their school.

I have had a wide range of training including couples counselling, CBT, solution focused and Gestalt approaches, stress management, abuse and safeguarding. I have vast experience of working with work related stress, depression, anxiety and panic, anger, relationships, domestic and sexual abuse. I have also worked with, and continue to work with trauma arising from abuse.

I also work with clients who have trauma sustained from accidents.

As well as face-to-face sessions I offer online counselling.

In addition, I am a qualified clinical supervisor of both students in training and qualified counsellors and offer supervision both face to face and by online.

I am an experienced trainer who offers services to organisations in the education and care sectors, along with local authorities. 

Qualifications:

Advanced Diploma in Counselling
Accredited Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
UKRCP Registered Independent Counsellor
Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (ABC)
Stress Advisor (Glasgow Caledonian University)
Diploma in Supervision (Inroads – BACP endorsed)Couples Counselling, Self Harm and Suicide, Domestic Abuse, Anger, Solution Focussed Therapy, Safeguarding, Trauma, Sexual Abuse, Working with Resistance, Cultural Differences, Professional Abuse.

Please contact me (without obligation) to have a chat about what I can offer you.

I am a member of the BACP.

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As a Person-Centred counsellor, I will support you or your child to understand their experiences, situation and struggles, in a caring, safe, non-judgemental and confidential space. I have many years’ experience supporting and working therapeutically with adults and children who have experienced domestic abuse/violence, trauma, ill-health and anxiety. I may incorporate other approaches such as Compassionate Mind, somatic awareness, mindfulness; with creative activities when working with children or young people which enables them to access feelings in non-verbal ways.

I started my career in the insurance and financial services industry where I was employed as an underwriting manager for a large global insurance company.  After having 2 children, I changed career to work with children and young people in various educational settings.  I currently work in a primary school as a teaching assistant along side my private counselling practice.  I also continue to volunteer as a counsellor at a centre which supports women and children experiencing domestic abuse.

I have professional qualifications in Counselling, Children’s Care Learning & Development and Business & Finance. I am a member of the BACP and meet the profession’s competency framework to work with children and young people.  I have continually developed myself, skills and knowledge, to become a qualified counsellor with a private practice working with adults, adolescents and children over 5 years.  I have enhanced DBS clearance.

I offer counselling by face to face, telephone or online via Zoom.

Child and Adult Counsellor

07894 212414

helenhyland@btinternet.com

Psychology Today Profile

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