Helen Thorne is the director of training and mentoring at London City Mission. Before that she was on the editorial team at The Good Book Company. She has an MA in applied theology through which she studied the biblical mandate to welcome refugees and asylum seekers. As an experienced biblical counselor she undertakes counseling for a range of church and parachurch organizations where she has a particular interest in standing alongside those who struggle with eating disorders, self-harm, and domestic abuse. She is trustee of Biblical Counselling UK, edits their blog and, as a representative, has a regular column in Evangelicals Now. She is passionate about evangelism and at church leads an evangelistic Bible study for women with English as a second language. She worships at Dundonald Church, a plant of Emmanuel, Wimbledon, London.