Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Helen
Helen Perez-Boyd is a licensed clinical social worker with nine years in independent practice. She works from New York and uses a warm, nonjudgmental style to help people tackle relationship struggles, stress, anxiety, and anger. Helen welcomes plain talk and practical steps in sessions.
She began in employee assistance and preventive services, supporting people with work performance concerns and providing both brief and longer-term counseling. Her background also includes substance abuse outpatient work, where she counseled adolescents and adults about addiction and recovery.
Background and approach
This mix gives her experience with everyday problems and complex patterns alike. Helen often helps people who are dealing with grief, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, or career transitions. She also supports those facing body image concerns, eating and food-related issues, or difficulties with communication and control.
The biography notes additional work with mood disorders, personality concerns, and relationship challenges. Her approach puts the person first. Sessions are led with empathy and curiosity, and she describes herself as a facilitator who helps clients identify goals and take manageable steps.
Techniques draw from client-centered, motivational, and solution-focused ideas to keep work practical and goal-oriented. People looking for flexible options can meet with her by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and appointments are scheduled after a short matching questionnaire.
What Helen works with
Everything Helen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Helen's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Helen lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Helen's Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and build clearer goals for relationships, grief, self-esteem, and daily stress.Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. It is useful for challenges like addictions, impulsivity, career shifts, and commitment issues where deciding to act is the first step.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical steps that move a person toward their goals. It works well for relationship communication problems, parenting concerns, anxiety, and coping with life changes.
Choosing the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to match methods to goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy with Helen uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for a full conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets people reflect and respond on their own schedule. These options aim to make regular work with a licensed professional more flexible and accessible.
Questions people ask about Helen
What concerns does Helen commonly address?
She works with relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, eating and intimacy-related problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is described as warm, nonjudgmental, and empathic. Sessions focus on practical steps and collaborative goal-setting.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Helen has nine years in independent practice and additional experience in employee assistance, preventive services, and substance abuse outpatient settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LCSW credential and practices from New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online therapy.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.