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 Dr Helen Gibson​ 

 

Core Process Psychotherapist

(UKCP and ACCP accredited) 

 

Helensburgh and Online​ 

 

 

 

Email: helengibsontherapy@gmail.com​​ ​

What I Do

I am a UKCP accredited Core Process Psychotherapist and offer a safe, non-judgemental space for you to explore the issues that are troubling you.  ​ 

 

Core Process Psychotherapy is a mindfulness based form of psychotherapy. The 'Core' in core process refers to the belief that, at heart, we are all in touch with a place within us that is happy and well. Over time through our lives, our contact with difficult situations and people, set up defences and habits that obscure this 'Core' wellness - what is known as our process. ​  

 

By gentle mindfulness of our feelings, thoughts and body, we can begin to recognise what keeps us trapped in our unhealthy patterns and this is the first step to healing. 

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Special Interests

Although I work with a variety of issues my special interests are:

 

1. Spirituality – Spirituality is about meaning and mystery in our lives, whatever words or tradition you use to describe that. I can help you if you are seeking to explore these aspects of what it means to be human or deepen your relationship with the sacred. I also help people with experience of non-ordinary states and those struggling to make sense of unusual spiritual experiences, including in the Spiritual Crisis Network. 

 

 2. Pre and Perinatal Psychotherapy – I have come on a long journey from being a Consultant Paediatrician, whose work included being present at births and treating newborn babies in the NHS, often in high tech, intensive environments, to being a psychotherapist, exploring the delicate and intimate relationship between mother and baby that is present from the earliest days in the womb. This experience gives me the ability to understand both sides.  I am a certified APPPAH Pre and Perinatal Educator and a Foundation for Infant Loss Accredited Practitioner.​​

 

3. Aging and Mortality– As I age and watch family and friends around me age and die, I realise the importance of embracing everything this time offers. This includes moving into relationship with the many challenges that this time brings, but it also gives us the opportunity to put our lives in perspective and actively engage with the meaning and mystery of life.  

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What to Expect at your First Visit

 The relationship between the therapist and client is very important in Core Process Psychotherapy and so I offer a first free meeting so that we can both see whether I am the right person to work with you.  

 

My standard rate is £60/hour.

I work with people over the age of 18. I work in person from Helensburgh but also offer online (Zoom) sessions. 

I have regular supervision,  am fully insured and GDPR registered. I am an accredited member of the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy (UKCP) and  the Association of Core Process Psychotherapists (ACPP). 

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About Me

 I trained in Core Process Psychotherapy after taking early retirement from medicine in 2016 and have an MA in Mindfulness Based Psychotherapeutic Practice from Middlesex University.  I have always been interested in the spiritual side of life and while working in medicine studied with the Open University for a BA in Humanities and Religious Studies earning 1st class honours. I have a  long standing Buddhist practice predominantly in the Tibetan Kagyu lineage and the Core Process approach, based on Buddhist ideas melded with western psychotherapy, fits very well with my way of seeing the world. It is an approach that continues to deepen my experience of the world. 

 

I also work as an Ignatian Spiritual Director, have accompanied people on retreats and led study days on aspects of psychotherapy that may overlap with spiritual accompaniment and on Contemplative Photography.

 

I have a diploma in Contemplative Group Work and have facilitated groups on aging and spirituality and, until recently, a support group for mothers with children experiencing psychosis for the organisation Safely Held Spaces.

I enjoy expressing myself creatively through art, photography and nature and  also enjoy embodied practices like yoga and kum nye. 

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