Helen Uba

Helen Uba is an AASW social worker and counsellor who focuses on helping people through hard seasons. She combines faith and professional practice to offer steady, compassionate support for stress, anxiety, addictions, grief and depression. Helen aims to make conversations straightforward and practical so people can begin to feel less overwhelmed.

Helen uses several evidence-based tools to tailor sessions to each person. She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, trauma-informed care and a client-centred way of working. This mix helps her support emotional regulation, manage unhelpful thoughts and process painful experiences.

Her background includes work in addiction recovery and mental health support. That experience shapes how she helps people build routines, develop coping skills and take small steps toward change. Helen emphasises real-world strategies alongside reflective discussion.

She also brings cultural awareness and a faith-informed outlook to her practice. Helen respects each person’s values and readiness for change, and she aims to create a space where people feel seen and heard. She encourages self-compassion and gradual progress.

Outside one-to-one sessions Helen shares practical wellbeing content online and runs group work at times. The first step is a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling according to therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Helen commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy into her work. CBT helps people spot and test unhelpful thoughts and then try different behaviours to change how they feel. DBT focuses on building emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills for intense or overwhelming moments.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy alongside trauma-informed principles. ACT helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and to act in line with their values. Trauma-informed care means attention to safety, pacing and recognising how past harm affects current reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and Helen works collaboratively to choose techniques that suit each person. She discusses goals and preferences, then tailors interventions and homework tasks so they fit what someone wants to change.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions useful for fitting a counselling check-in into a busy week, reducing travel time, or using shorter phone or video check-ins when attention or bandwidth is limited. Helen will discuss practical arrangements and what will work best for each person during the initial matching and scheduling steps.