Dr Helen Damon
Counselling Psychologist
Dr Helen Damon
Counselling Psychologist
Professional Profile:
I foster flourishing, empowering you to build a compassionate and constructive relationship with yourself; navigate loss, change, and big decisions; and identify your core values to live authentically and meaningfully.
We can work together to root out critical thoughts and feelings that don’t serve you. We can empower you to identify, express, and assert boundaries around your own thoughts, feelings, needs, and preferences. We can foster an internal sense of your fundamental worth, enabling you to treat yourself with compassion and respect and to constructively challenge yourself to try new ways of being.
You can speak freely about your experiences with me. We can take time to honour their significance and understand their impact on you. We can identify your core personal values and use them to guide your decisions and actions. This will enable you to live as authentically and meaningfully as possible.
We'll work collaboratively, using exploratory dialogue rather than following a structure. We'll develop a deep understanding of your experience, then identify positive changes for you to make in all areas of your life.
I'll ensure you feel safe yet constructively challenged. I’ll actively raise thoughts, questions, and different perspectives about the topics you bring. I’m naturally expressive and “talk with my hands”, and I’ll use imagery, metaphor and humour (as appropriate) to communicate clearly.
Training and Qualifications:
- DPsych Counselling Psychology - Regent's University London
- MA Play Therapy (Distinction) - The University of Roehampton
- WPF Therapy Certificate in CBT Skills - WPF Therapy
- Intensive Filial Therapy Training Programme - The Family Enhancement & Play Therapy Center
- BSc (Hons) Psychology (First Class) - The Open University
- BA (Hons) Literae Humaniores (Classics and Philosophy) (2:1) - The University of Oxford
- Death and Dying (Distinction) - The Open University
- Bereavement Training - Barts Health NHS Trust
- Suicide Awareness and Prevention - The Maytree Centre
Professional Affiliations:
- Chartered Psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Counselling Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)
- Member of the BPS Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Fees and Availability:
My fee is £120 per session (50 minutes)
I offer weekly in-person sessions to individual adults (aged 18+) in the morning and early afternoon on Wednesdays at East London Relationship Therapy on Shoreditch High Street (E1 6PN, near Liverpool Street) and on Mondays and Tuesdays at Queen Victoria Street (EC4N 4SA, near Mansion House and Bank).
