Hi, I'm Helen. I coach women through the transitions that change everything: a career that no longer fits, a midlife reckoning, the menopause years, a late ADHD or autism diagnosis, or one of those big life shifts that leaves you wondering who you are now and what you want next.
Memberships
- EMCC Global and EMCC UK (Accredited Coach at Senior Practitioner level)
- BACP (MBACP Accredited)
Helen Bennett, EMCC Accredited Senior Practitioner
About me
I work relationally, which is a slightly clinical way of saying that the relationship between us is where the real work happens. Sessions are warm, energising and properly action-focused, and often a lot more fun than you might expect. I am not about ego, bluster, or homework you will be marked on. I bring my genuine, occasionally sweary self, and our best work happens when you feel able to bring your genuine self too.
I am a qualified therapist as well as a coach, and that shapes how I work. It means I can sit with the harder, more emotional parts of a transition, the grief, the doubt, the fear, the shifts in identity, rather than rushing you past them towards a tidy plan. But this is coaching: forward-looking, collaborative and focused on the life you are building. We keep our eyes on the change you came for.
Media appearances
- Clearly ClinicalBrains and Bodies: Neurodivergence and Hormonal Change Across the AFAB Lifespan (Episode 261)
- Clearly ClinicalMind, Mood and Menopause: Understanding Hormonal Transitions in Mental Health Care (Episode 232)
- Verve HealthcareThe Unseen Impact of Menopause on Work
- DisorderedAnxiety and Menopause with Helen Bennett (Episode 44)
- SELFHow to Cope If Your Anxiety Is Making Menopause Feel So Much Worse
- HuffPostWhat's a Menopause Party? Here's Why Experts Say They're So Important
Credentials
Accreditations, memberships and training
I am an EMCC Global Accredited Senior Practitioner in Coaching, a BACP-accredited counsellor and a clinical supervisor.
- Postgraduate Advanced Diploma (Level 7), Senior Practitioner in Coaching
- Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision, including online and telephone working
- Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
- Free2BeMe: Certificate in Neuroaffirming Practice and ADHD in the Therapy Room
- The Autistic Advocate: Inside of Autism
- NEDDE: Working with Eating Disorders and Neurodiversity
- British Menopause Society: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Menopause Symptoms
- International Menopause Society: IMPART Menopause Training
- National Fertility Society: Advanced Specialist Fertility Counselling Diploma
- Foundation for Infant Loss: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Accredited Practitioner
- Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
- Certificate in Counselling Skills
Would you like to talk?
I offer a free 30-minute discovery call so we can get a feel for working together before you decide anything. There is no pressure and no pitch, just a friendly conversation about what is going on for you and what you want next. You are welcome to bring a clear goal or a vague sense that something needs to change.