Helen Gilbert

Helen has enjoyed writing stories and poems ever since she was a young child. She studied literature and philosophy at university then went on to research the power of writing to improve the wellbeing of lonely older people. 
After getting interested in the talking cure, Helen trained as a psychotherapist. She sees adult clients for individual therapy and is training in relationship therapy. Writing still has a place in her work and she is curious about the value of writing alongside the therapy process. 
Helen has run writing groups in London and Brighton with people overcoming addiction, people who are estranged from family and others who just enjoy the creative power of the page. She has published in a short story anthology and written about her work with family estrangement in Love, Sex and Psychotherapy.