About Us
We have gone through a very testing time, and this can bring anxiety for some of our clients. Adapting how we work and what we can offer has been challenging but possible.
Helen has been working with charities local authority and NHS providing services such as support groups and creative projects to enable clients to have a holistic approach.
Helen Lehrle provides a clinical Counselling and Psychology service. Helen is working remotely mostly and offering zoom or telephone counselling. Helen also provides face to face work and training for professionals at Loudwater Farm, Rickmansworth. Helen has a small team that provides an ongoing EAP counselling service for business. Helen can provide training and workshops in the workplace or online.
About Helen: “Being a therapist is what I am passionate about in life. I have been counselling young people and adults since 2012. My approach is very much based on responding to a person’s needs. I will not judge you but will accept and respect you, whilst being honest with you. I see you as the one who knows what is hurting and aim to facilitate a way of working through this hurt together. I aim to build an honest and trusting relationship, one where you will feel comfortable to discuss and explore what is happening in your life.”
Helen dreamed of opening a Holistic Centre where WELLBEING was the focus. The Acorn Wellbeing Centre is a small business that has grown very fast. In 2015 the centre won the Dacorum Dens award In 2020. Helen also carries out outreach work which includes working in schools, colleges, local authority venues and outside walk and talk spaces .
Helen has worked in the field of substance misuse, domestic violence and specialises in bereavement work. Helen is keen on continued development so believes in more training for all of the team. Helen offers CBT, counselling/psychotherapy and consultancy.
Part of Helens work is to oversee the individual, group and peer supervision that counsellors have to have to work ethically. Helen supervises too for many other professions such as funeral directors, managers and professionals in health settings.
Helen works with Cruse Bereavement Support. Now she supervises counsellors and bereavement support volunteers.
Helen also helped London Fire Brigade Counselling service to help assess 500 firefighters after the Grenfell incident in London. Helen is trauma trained and critical incident trained.
Helen is trained in Major incident emergency work trained and works with Cruse Bereavement Support to help in situations that arise by volunteering. Supervising the Cruse volunteers in major incidents, ie Grenfell and the Manchester bombing incidents.
Helen is trained in Postvention Assisting those Bereaved By Suicide (PABBS)
PABBS training is the only evidence-based suicide bereavement postvention training internationally. It is based on direct research evidence, via a three-year study funded by the NHS National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). This training has been evaluated at the University of Manchester and found to be both effective and highly rated/acceptable to a wide variety of health and care professionals. Helen was able to help in the setting up of the Hertfordshire and West Essex Suicide Bereavement Service in 2023.
