A little bit about me/practicalities

My name is Helen Cordery, and I am a UKCP-registered attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist and supervisor.  I offer psychotherapy via weekly online or in-person sessions. I prefer offering ongoing sessions, although can also offer time-limited input. I trained at The Bowlby Centre in London, and have been working as a psychotherapist since early 2009. Before this I worked for over 20 years as a dietitian, so I have several decades of experience helping people in distress.

I work with individual adults (not couples, groups or children/young people) on an open-ended basis, to enable you to permanently change your life for the better.  

I am registered with the UKCP and comply with their Codes of Conduct.

I currently see clients and supervisees in person in the room I use in West Norwood, London, SE27, and via video or phone sessions. For online sessions, there are some practicalities that need to be considered - take a look at my new page ‘working remotely’, in About Therapy.

I also offer supervision for qualified psychotherapists and counsellors. Supervision has always been incredibly important for me in my work, and I aim to offer a similar space to other clinicians. I hold a diploma in relational supervision and aim to extend the focus on attachment into my supervision as well. Supervision is mainly via video sessions, but can be in person at my south London base.

WHY therapy?

Everyone has wobbles, doubts and uncertainties at certain points in their lives. That’s what makes us human. But sometimes working these through on our own or by talking to friends and family doesn’t help us find clarity or peace. Perhaps these very relationships are the source of the struggles in the first place.

Therapy can provide a fairly unique space and relationship to help us work out who we are, what we want from life, and how to move forward. It’s not about the therapist providing the answers - I believe we all have the answers deep within us, and that a space where we can feel seen, heard and accepted is an important starting point in the process of finding our own answers. Another important ingredient in this process is finding a model that makes sense of our struggles. Many people have said to me that finding out about attachment theory was a “light bulb moment” which threw light and hope on their emotional and relationship struggles.

Emotional distress comes in many different forms - see the page 'What can therapy help with?' for more on this.  Why not get in touch to explain in your own words what you want help with?  I would love to hear from you.  My contact details are to the right of each page on my website.