I'm Helen Billows.
I give adults healing from trauma and parents determined to break the cycle access to the brain of a booked-out trauma therapist (aka, me).
After 7,000+ trauma and EMDR therapy sessions, advanced trauma-focused training, and being selected to teach other clinicians, I know what actually helps people heal — and what's just noise (and there is a LOT of noise).
I also know it as someone who's done this work myself, and now as a parent who refuses to repeat the patterns.
I create resources that translate specialised trauma therapy into something you can actually use.
No more googling at 3am, navigating 20 contradictory articles wondering which advice is correct, or driving yourself crazy trying to separate baby from bathwater in the trauma-sphere.
I know what works. I package it for you. Problem solved.
I didn't start out as a trauma therapist.
My first job after registering in 2018 was in alcohol and other drug services, doing basic counselling and CBT, the approaches I'd been trained in.
But almost everyone I worked with had a significant trauma history, and most met criteria for PTSD. I was helping people manage their addiction while ignoring what was likely driving it. That didn't sit well with me.
I didn't want to help people cope better with their substance use. I wanted to help them heal from whatever had made it feel necessary in the first place.
In 2018 I trained in EMDR. During the practicum, I was required to process one of my own memories. That moment changed the direction of my life, because EMDR worked for me in a way nothing else had. From there, my therapeutic sights were set on EMDR. I decided it was what I was going to make my career about.
By 2022 I'd founded Billows Psychology with an exclusive focus on trauma and EMDR. Since then, I've delivered over 7,000 trauma therapy sessions, earned consultant-level EMDR accreditation (held by fewer than ten psychologists in South Australia), and been selected to assist in training other clinicians across Australia. If you attend an EMDR training in Adelaide, I'll likely be there helping you count your saccades.
Then in 2024, I became a mum.
Cue the trauma-therapist-becomes-a-parent arc. Suddenly I was watching everything I knew about attachment, responsiveness, and brain development unfold in real time, in the highest-stakes context possible: my son's brain. And I was terrified of getting it wrong.
Every clinical conversation I'd had with people trying to break cycles became deeply personal. The fear of repeating what was done to you. The fierce determination to heal so the wounds stop with you — whether that's for your children, your relationships, or simply for yourself.
I was fortunate to be in a position where I had the training. I knew what to do. But most people don't have 7,000 hours of trauma therapy and consultant-level EMDR accreditation to fall back on. And that's when a handful of problems became impossible to ignore:
Quality trauma therapy is expensive and hard to access — especially with young children.
Most trauma content online is either too clinical to be useful, too vague to be trusted, or focused entirely on the 'why' with nothing about the 'what do I do about it?'
The market is oversaturated with unqualified advice, contradiction, and mediocrity. It's hard to know what to trust.
So in 2026 I launched The Trauma Nerd Podcast as a first step in bridging that gap.
The mission was clear: create quality, accessible, useable resources that help adults heal their wounds and parents stop repeating them.
I want to help you truly feel better (not just cope better), know and have access to what actually works (not what sounds good on Instagram), and, if you're a parent, stop the cycle in its tracks.
Outside the therapy room I'm an Adelaide Hills local, a pilates regular, and mum to a now-toddler who has strong opinions about everything.
He fits right in.
7,000+ sessions delivered. Across trauma, PTSD, complex trauma and personality disorders. This is not generalist work. Trauma is the entire focus.
Registered Psychologist. Registered with the Psychology Board of Australia since 2018.
EMDRAA-Accredited EMDR Therapist and Consultant. The highest level of EMDR accreditation available in Australia, held by a small number of psychologists nationally.
EMDR Training Facilitator. Selected to assist in delivering EMDR training programs across Australia by national training providers Psychology Training and EMDR Therapy Training Australia. One of a small number of clinicians chosen to teach other therapists how to do this work.
PSYBA-Approved Psychology Supervisor. Approved to provide formal supervision to psychologists.
Eight years of university training. Including a Master of Clinical Psychology, the highest level of clinical postgraduate qualification in the field. Completed with a perfect GPA.
Private Psychology Practice Owner. I own Billows Psychology, a high-demand 1:1 clinical consulting practice with an exclusive focus on EMDR and trauma therapy.
A near-decade of continuous investment in specialised training, ongoing EMDR supervision, and clinical education.
A career built on staying at the front of this field. Which means when you use my resources, you're getting the real version.
My Approach
I create resources for people who want the truth, not positive affirmations, and not a pep talk.
Everything I make is scientifically backed and grounded in what actually works. Not because it sounds good, but because I've seen it work in 7,000+ therapy sessions.
I don't oversimplify. I don't soften the psychology to make it more palatable. I assume you're capable of understanding complex ideas, and I trust you enough to give you the real version.
That means no filler, no wellness platitudes, and no advice I wouldn't stand behind in the therapy room.
I'm direct, I'm kind, and I only share what I genuinely believe will help.