Experienced systemic individual, couple and family therapy for adults and families, with online sessions available across Australia via Zoom or phone.
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Who I Am
Helen Jones is an experienced Systemic Individual, Couple and Family Therapist with more than 25 years of clinical mental health experience across the UK and Australia.
Helen has worked within the NHS in the UK and NSW Health across Child & Adolescent and Adult Mental Health services. She has also worked with a national Australian organisation focused on neuroscience and attachment, providing therapeutic support to children affected by trauma.
Helen completed a Clinical Masters Degree in Systemic Individual, Couple and Family Therapy at the Institute of Family Therapy/Birkbeck University of London and holds Clinical Membership with PACFA.
Her approach focuses on building resilience, recognising strengths, understanding relationships and supporting meaningful change.
Helen is a registered NDIS Provider (National Disability Insurance Scheme) Provider ID 4-3LLO-950 and holds Memberships with AAFT (Australian Association of Family Therapy) Membership number A2625 and PACFA (Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia) Membership Reg. Clinical 24623.
Why Systemic Therapy
Systemic therapy looks beyond one person or one problem. It considers people within the relationships and wider systems that shape their experiences.
This can include family-of-origin relationships, couples, families, social settings and other important relationships. Exploring these connections can help you understand recurring patterns and consider different perspectives.
Therapy Services
Helen provides systemic therapy for adults, couples and families with children aged 16 and over.
Explore your experiences in the context of family of origin, significant relationships, current circumstances and recurring interpersonal patterns.
For families with children aged 16 and over, therapy can explore how family members interact, communicate and respond to one another.
Explore how earlier family experiences and relationships may continue to influence current relationships, expectations, communication and behavioural patterns.
Explore relationship dynamics, communication patterns, recurring conflict and different perspectives within the relationship.
How Therapy Works
Systemic therapy provides an opportunity to look at relationships, patterns and experiences from different perspectives.
Explore what is happening within your relationships and wider systems.
Consider how past and present relationships may influence current experiences.
Identify existing strengths, resources and possibilities within yourself and your relationships.
Explore different ways of understanding, relating and responding.
Who I Work With
Helen works with adults individually, couples and families with children aged 16 and over.
Her practice has a particular focus on family-of-origin issues, relationship patterns, behavioural patterns within families and wider systems, and understanding how past and present relationships can influence current experiences.
Frequently Asked Questions
Systemic therapy considers the systems and relationships we are part of, including family, intimate relationships, work and social systems. It explores how roles and recurring patterns within these systems may influence our experiences.
Yes. Systemic therapy works well for individual therapy and considers how previous and current relationships, social contexts and repeated behavioural patterns may influence emotional wellbeing.
No. You do not need a referral to access Helen’s services. Suitable prospective clients can submit an enquiry to arrange a free 10-minute telephone discussion.
Helen works with adults individually, couples and families with children over 16. Sessions are provided online via Zoom or phone.
Before You Enquire
To make sure the service is suitable for your circumstances, please note that Helen does not accept the following.
GP Mental Health Care Plans
Medicare rebates
Private health insurance rebates
Family Court matters
Intervention order matters
Child Protection matters
Take the next step
Request a free 10-minute consultation to briefly discuss whether Helen’s service may be suitable for you, subject to the service’s exclusion criteria.
