12/10/2025
Meet the team ✨
Meet Helen ☺️
Helen began her career as an NNEB, working in a residential nursery. When the nursery closed, she combined childminding with raising her own children. As her daughters grew older, she took on a role as a Family Support Worker in a Family Centre. During this time, she was given the opportunity to complete her Social Work qualification.
Helen then joined a Children and Families fieldwork team, where she gained valuable insight into the challenges families face through the rigours of everyday life. Recognising a lack of emotional support for children experiencing trauma, she went on to complete Play Therapy training with BAPT.
Helen later became a manager at NSPCC Crewe, leading a team of social workers and family support workers in providing vital support to local families. Alongside this, she completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision and Mentoring and a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision. These qualifications strengthened her ability to support staff and trainees through reflective practice, ensuring safe and effective work with children and families.
While at the NSPCC, Helen moved to part-time hours to develop her Play Therapy business and joined CAT as a director.
Committed to ongoing professional development, she also completed Therapeutic Life Story Work training with Family Futures, enhancing her skills in supporting adopted and looked-after children.
When the NSPCC team closed in 2016, Helen continued her work with CAT and also provides Clinical Supervision to therapists too. Helen has her own base with a playroom and outdoor space (with her animals involved where suitable) providing a lovely, quiet setting where she sees clients 1:1.
