Hèlet Boustred

“Healing begins when you feel truly heard, seen and understood. I provide a safe, supportive space where you can reconnect with your strengths and work toward meaningful change.”

About Hèlet

I believe everyone has the capacity for growth, resilience and renewal — and I am here to walk alongside you as you rediscover and strengthen these inner resources.

I have a strong passion for trauma work and use Somatic Experiencing (SE), a gentle body-oriented approach, alongside CBT, DBT, EMI and Resource approaches. I am part of the organising team that brought Somatic Experiencing training to South Africa, reflecting my commitment to trauma-informed practice. These approaches help release stress, process difficult experiences and restore balance.

My experience spans private practice, corporate, schools and non-profit settings, supporting adults and adolescents with trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions and self-esteem concerns.

Specialities

• Trauma
• Anxiety and depression
• Grief and bereavement
• Adolescent and school counselling
• Parent training (ADHD)
• Career guidance

Qualifications & experience

• Honours degree in Psychology / BPsych equivalent (Stellenbosch University, 2011)
• Cognitive Behavioural approaches (CBT)
• Dialectical Behavioural approaches (DBT)
• Eye Movement Integration (EMI)
• Resource approaches
• Solution-Focused Brief approaches (SFBT)
• Somatic Experiencing — Intermediate level (ongoing 3-year international training)
• HPCSA Registered Psychological Counsellor
• Member, Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF)

How Hèlet works

• Somatic Experiencing
• CBT
• DBT
• Trauma-informed care

Sessions are 50 minutes online via WhatsApp, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams. Offers individual counselling (not couples counselling). Also works with teenagers (13–17, with guardian consent).