My training and qualifications support treating
-- Addictions
-- ADHD and Autism
-- Anxiety, Panic and Depression
-- Emotion Management
-- Adolescent issues
-- Adoption and fostering - Attachment issues
-- Bereavement
-- Body Dysmorphia
-- Childhood issues
-- Family disputes
--Dissociation and non-epileptic seizures
-- Domestic violence
-- Dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia
-- Eating disorders
-- Educational issues
-- Forensic matters
-- Gender identities
--Gifted and talented
-- Phobias (e.g. Emetophobia, Agoraphobia)
-- Pre and perinatal concerns
-- PTSD
-- Schizophrenias and Psychoses
-- Self-harm/suicidality
-- Workplace stress
Available in-person, by Zoom/Skype, phone or e-mail, supporting you post-COVID and beyond:
Skype: Helen.Holmes837/Zoom/Phone
Phone: 07952 717 951
E-mail: helenholmes009@gmail.com
Selected Qualifications, Accreditations, Academic experience and Continuing Professional Development:
BA. (Hons) Philosophy and Theology (Heythrop); BA. Law, Politics, English (first year);
MA. Psychology of Religion (Heythrop);
Dip. of Proficiency Clinical Supervision;
Accredited Mediator (CMC Associate, IMI);
CBT-E (Oxford University);
MSc. Psychology, EMDR;
MSc. Counselling Psychology,
Forensic psychodynamic psychotherapist (BPC);
Psychoanalytic therapist;
Grad. Cert. Family Therapy (IOPPN, KCL) - Systemic Practitioner (AFT); Two-year attendance - psychodynamic psychotherapy training (WPF);
PG Diploma in Psychoanalytic Observation Studies and PG Certificate in Applied Social Studies (Tavistock/UEL);
Diploma and Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling (CPCAB, MBACP Accredited);
Psychoanalysis Foundation course (IOPA); Families and Schools Together (Middx);
Mentalisation Based Therapy (Basic, UCL),
Accredited Autism Assessments: ADOS-2 (UCL), ADI-R;
Experiential group and Reflective practice;
CBT: Severe Mental Health Difficulties (UCL);
Maudsley Model of Anorexia Treatment for Adults (Intro, Kings College);
Safeguarding Children Level 3;
Safeguarding Adults Level 3;
Mental Health First Aider;
Differentiation Relatedness Scale and the Object Relations Interview (UCL);
MSc (Audit) Psychoanalytic Developmental Psychology (UCL);
Multidisciplinary Parent-infant mental health (UCL);
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (Intro, UCL)
Workplace stress management
Fellow - Higher Education Academy;
PGCE Higher Education (Psychology);
QTLS (16+);
Fellow - Society of Education & Training.
City & Guilds Certificate in Delivering Learning (Intro)
UKTEFL.
Selected Publications:
Book Author: 'Seeing God in our Birth Experiences: A Psychoanalytic Inquiry into pre and perinatal religious development' (Routledge, 2020):
https://www.routledge.com/Seeing-God-in-Our-Birth-Experiences-A-Psychoanalytic-Inquiry-into-Pre-and/Holmes/p/book/9780367517557
Book Author: Inside Psychosis: Clinical and therapeutic experiences working with men and women on acute psychiatric wards (Routledge, 2024, in production)
Book Chapter: International perspectives on family care-giving: Informal care for people with vulnerabilities (Emerald Press, 2025, in production).
Book Chapter: 'Assessment and Intervention of interpersonal violence amongst diverse populations' (Cambridge Scholars, 2025).
Book Chapter: 'Contemporary Social Problems in the UK: A Comprehensive Overview' (Routledge, 2023). Chapter: A domestic violence pandemic: Outlining victim and perpetrator perspectives. In,
https://www.routledge.com/Contemporary-Social-Problems-in-the-UK-A-Comprehensive-Overview/Stanley/p/book/9780367764227
Online article: 'Supporting those who have unusual experiences including psychosis' (Nov 2024)
Supporting those who have unusual experiences including psyc... - Counselling Directory
Online article: 'Supporting neurodivergent people with eating disorders in therapy' (Oct, 2024)
Supporting neurodivergent people with eating disorders in th... - Counselling Directory
Online article: ' Supporting LGBTQIA+ people to manage isolation and loneliness' (Oct 2024)
Supporting LGBTQIA+ people to manage isolation and lonelines... - Counselling Directory
Online article: 'Welcoming trans people into therapy - How can therapy help? (Nov 2024)
Welcoming trans people into therapy – how can therapy help? - Counselling Directory
BACP article: 'Professional appearance: What to wear?'
This article first appeared in the January 2022 issue of Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. https://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/healthcare-counselling-and-psychotherapy-journal/ BACP 2022©
Please request a copy.
Website, Workshop, Newsletter: Featured poet 2021 (FPAA) - poetry and drawings.
Book Chapter: God Representations in a Pre and Perinatal Psychoanalytic Framework (2009) AIP, London.
Book: 'And then there was light' (2008)
Poetry Anthology, Devotion Press, London.
Journal article APPAH USA: Birth of the living Gods? Exploring the pre-and perinatal aspects of religious development (2008). Journal of Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 22(4), 250-285.
Conference Review: ‘Religion and Sexuality’, (July, 2007) Numine Magazine.
Presentations: Psychoanalysis then and now, Delhi University, November 2024.
Coping mechanisms and self-discovery, Afe Babalola University, Nigeria,
August 2024.
Chair, Forensic Psychotherapy case consultations, September 2024 onwards.
Teaching related:
I have enjoyed facilitating many personal development workshops in London, and presented internationally. I have written and taught popular Psychology related courses at London School of Economics, Birkbeck College, City Literary Institute, Mary Ward Centre, Brent College.
I set up and Supervised an innovative and popular Masters-level, clinical project on Adolescent self-harm, at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Kings College London, for 5 Masters courses.
I have been teaching difference and diversity for DClinPsych trainees at Kings College, London.
I am a trained and certified reflective practice facilitator for NHS Trust staff groups.
For seven years, I facilitated a Moslem/non-Moslem women's dialogue group.
For twelve years, I co-facilitated a mixed support group for adults with childhood issues.
Following my first degree and whilst training in secondary education at the Institute of Education, I helped set up The Big Issue in London, advocating for street level, young homeless people.