Helen Stibbard - Counselling and Coaching

Counselling and Career Coaching in Central London

I am an Integrative Counsellor (MBACP) and experienced Career Coach who is committed to providing support in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment. My practice is in central London and easily accessible by public transport.

Through Counselling I can help you:

Gain greater confidence and self-esteem

Explore relationship issues

Manage anxiety and depression

Talk about experiences of trauma and abuse

Cope with loss and bereavement

Manage stress and burnout

Communicate more assertively

Through Career Coaching I can help you:

Clarify your purpose or direction in your life and/or career

Identify your personality type, your skills and strengths

Discover what motivates and fulfils you

Generate ideas for your career and job options

Develop action plans for career and job changes

Set clear goals and support you to achieve them


Approach

My approach uses an integrative framework of Humanistic, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Solution-focused techniques to help you explore, understand and create positive change in your personal and/or professional life. As an integrative counsellor I will treat you as a unique individual and tailor my approach to your specific needs. I will encourage you to identify the areas you want to work on and to set goals to help focus our work together.

Training and Experience

I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP) and trained at the University of East London. I completed a 2 year BACP accredited post-graduate diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy and worked as a volunteer counsellor at The Centre for Better Health, a small mental health charity based in Hackney (See the Counselling section).

In addition, I am an experienced Career coach and completed a certified CCS Career Coaching and Counselling Skills Course in 1992. Certification allows me licenced use of CCS Career Coaching materials.

For over 5 years I worked in a leading Career management consultancy in central London, coaching and counselling hundreds of individuals from all sectors with a wide range of work and life issues. Previous to this, I worked as a Research Associate specialising in Corporate Social Responsibility within the management consultancy and charity sector. (See the Career Coaching section).

As a qualified MBTI practitioner registered with OPP® one of Europe's largest business psychology consultancy, I can use the MBTI personality indicator to help you identify your personality type. This can often provide real insight into a wide variety of personal and professional issues. (See the Career Coaching section)

Professional Membership

I am a Member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and Association of Counselling at Work (ACW). Therefore I work within the strict Code of Ethics set by the BACP and my work is supervised by a qualified BACP Supervisor. For more information please visit the BACP website

Qualifications

Post-graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP accredited), University of East London (2004-06)

NLP Practitioner Certificate, PPD Personal Development Ltd, London (2004)

Career Counselling & Coaching Certificate, Career Counselling Services, London (2003)

MBTI Practitioner Step 1, OPP Ltd, Oxford (2002)

BSc Development Studies, University of East Anglia (1993)