Helen Hampton

Helen Hampton is a Pluralistic Counsellor based in Scotland who adapts her approach to meet each person’s unique needs. Pluralistic therapy focuses on flexibility rather than a one-size-fits-all model, and Helen begins by exploring how difficulties affect daily life and what might be different if those problems were eased.

She works collaboratively, recognising that the client’s own knowledge combined with her therapeutic skills creates the conditions for change. Helen asks what has helped or not helped so far and identifies the strengths and resources a person brings into therapy.

Helen draws on training and experience across a range of approaches, including Person-Centred Counselling, CBT, Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt, and Brief Solution-Focussed methods, among others. She also takes a neuroscience perspective to inform understanding and to support a strong working relationship.

She has extensive experience supporting people who have experienced trauma, including PTSD and Complex PTSD, and practises with confidentiality, deep acceptance, and genuine warmth at the centre of her work. Helen aims to offer the hope and courage a person may not feel they have and to build a therapeutic relationship grounded in empathy, authenticity, and unconditional positive regard.