Hélène Demetriades

Diploma Psychosynthesis counselling and therapy 1998, diploma in clinical and creative supervision 2012, 1 year facilitators' training in Philip Shepherd's The Embodied Present Process, certified facilitator, 2022, practitioner and teacher training Metamorphic Technique 2008/10, 1 year breathwork training 2003, practitioner diploma in spiritual healing 2006, BA Hons English Lit., post-graduate diploma in acting.

flexible

£65 per hour.

My perspective is one in which I recognise a shared ground of being which is unchanging and ever present. It is infinitely kind, and is the source from which all our potential arises. From it too comes that subtle sense of aliveness which has always been present for, with and as us.

The more we are able to recognise ourselves as this open, shared loving 'space'  the more we can relax back into it, and dis-identify from our habitual selves/patterns/conditioning/problems, and experience freedom and aliveness.  We are connected to and as everything.   We are  'all one' rather than alone and abandoned.   It is from this loving recognition that deep healing spontaneously occurs.

Coming to the non-dual teachings was a natural development arising from my explorations.  Over the years I have been on many retreats, and have spent time with Gangaji, Mooji, Jeff Foster, Jaya Ashmore, Adyashanti and Rupert Spira.

The expression of each one of these fellow human beings and teachers has deeply touched and transformed my experience of the world.

'Hélène is a deeply present and skilful therapist and I have loved working with her.
She has guided me with gentle questions, guided meditations and profound incites through a spectrum of emotions. She has introduced me to surrendering into myself with kindness and meeting deeper parts of me.
Over and over I have met these deeper parts and reached a place of profound Beingness which continues to heal and inspire my life.
I feel so blessed to have found her'

Tricia K.

I came to seek therapy after the end of my marriage. I was confused and exhausted and really felt alone in life. All I knew for sure was that I needed help to make sense of what happened, and help to understand myself better. I was committed to doing the work, however uncomfortable, and needed to work with someone who would be able to meet me in the confusion, and who would accompany me through the unknown ups and downs that were ahead - little did I know the life changing journey I was about to embark on.

From the very first communication I had with Hélène I knew I had connected with the right therapist for me. Hélène has a deeply impactful approach - using a combination of highly skilled psychotherapy, and a practice that is always deeply rooted in kindness.

I'm writing this a year and a half into the journey. In this time, through all my projections, transferences and attachments -  the compassionate, tender and consistent 'holding' Hélène provides has allowed me to become gradually braver and braver, to become curious, to explore my felt sense, reflect on my behaviours, how I relate to myself and others and ultimately gain deeper insights into my way of being in the world until now.

I no longer feel alone in life. I have an ever increasing awareness of the love that exists inside all of us, that is all of us. It is from working with Hélène that I have felt the change in my nervous system and crucially have been able to put my learnings into practice - I now feel I can find a sense of  deep rest and a peacefulness within me and that it is always there for me to sink comfortably into, I need not strive for it or be scared by it. As this relationship with myself has changed for the better, similarly my relationship with others has too.

I find it difficult to put into words the full depth of transformation that has unfolded while working with Hélène. I am grateful to her beyond measure and look forward to her companionship as the journey continues!

Claire A.

English. French.