Heli Annika Giles, BACP

Heli Annika Giles is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom. She trained in an integrative, person-centred way and brings three years of practice to her work. Annika uses her own experience to make first steps less daunting and to offer a calm, practical presence in sessions.

Annika listens without judgement and lets clients set the agenda for therapy. She helps people name and make sense of painful feelings. Sessions focus on small, steady changes that make day-to-day life feel more manageable.

She commonly helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. Relationship problems, parenting strains and work-related burnout are also frequent themes. Annika also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and life transitions such as career shifts or feeling ‘rootless’.

Her approach draws on person-centred principles combined with cognitive behavioural ideas and acceptance-focused work. She uses practical exercises and reflective conversation to help people spot patterns and try new ways of responding. Progress is reviewed together as goals change.

Annika offers sessions in English and Finnish. She works with clients who want one-to-one counselling and with people who request coaching-style support for work or career concerns. To begin, clients use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling sessions.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Annika draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas and Client-Centred practice. ACT focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and learning committed action that matches personal values, which can help with anxiety and life transitions. Attachment-based ideas look at how early relationships shape current patterns and help people understand their reactions in close relationships. Client-centred work gives the client space to lead the conversation while the counsellor offers empathic reflection and support.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Annika will discuss goals and preferences and then try practical tools and reflective methods to see what fits. That collaborative process helps shape each session and the overall plan.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to continue work when life events or caregiving responsibilities make attending in person harder.