Helena Blackstone

I offer therapy for individuals aged over 18 in-person at my North London practice, online and by telephone, both long-term and short-term.

Starting therapy can feel like a step into the unknown. As we come to understand ourselves better and feel truly heard, it can also be deeply fulfilling.

You may come with a particular concern, be struggling with difficult feelings that don’t have an obvious source, or you may simply want to live more fully. I offer an accepting and exploratory space, in which you can process your feelings and better understand your experience. Together, we can create meaning and elicit real change.

Psychotherapy is a mutual transformation; I work to build a collaborative and attuned relationship with you in which we can explore your thoughts, feelings and relationships, past and present. Through this process we can come to a deeper understanding of yourself, the people around you, and your world.

Many of us have learnt to ignore our suffering by minimising it or distracting ourselves, because that is what was done to us. While this is normal, our suffering does not disappear. It lies dormant, waiting to be heard, or transforms into unwanted patterns of thought or behaviour.

Accepting these patterns without judgement, going into them rather than resisting them, is where change happens. I may challenge you, always from a position of deep empathy.

I work integratively, having trained in a number of different approaches, and tailor my approach to each individual. The bedrock of my work comes from contemporary relational psychoanalytic perspectives - in which our relationship is key - and existential phenomenology - which centres you as the expert of your own experience.

To help understand what you are looking for from therapy and whether I am the right therapist for you, I offer a free initial phone or Zoom conversation of up to 30 minutes.

Sessions after that are 50 minutes at the same time and day each week, at a cost per session of £85.

I have a limited number of lower cost spaces for those on low incomes. Please enquire with me about availability.