The phrase "a certain kind of help" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific type or category of assistance that is not explicitly defined.
Example: "In times of crisis, people often seek a certain kind of help that goes beyond just practical support."
Alternatives: "a specific type of assistance" or "a particular form of support".
Like a lot of Anderson's previous work, it is about pioneers, leaders and dysfunctional families, and like There Will Be Blood it is about the origins of American modernity, the pre-history of a certain kind of self-help and self-belief, entrepreneurial and evangelical.
It's similar to the way people use drugs such as caffeine and alcohol: they play a certain kind of music to help get them going in the morning, another kind to unwind after work.
Almost immediately after being chosen as the Modern's chief curator of painting and sculpture in March, John Elderfield, 60, decided he wanted a certain kind of team to help him shape the institution's future.
Inevitably, this raises the issue of cherrypicking: whether it is only a certain kind of Syrian that the UK will help, and whether a charity such as Cara is reinforcing this sort of elitism.
I especially like Druckerman's analogy comparing teaching table manners to teaching math: you must build up proper behavior cumulatively, and not get discouraged if a child forgets something or needs extra help on a certain kind of problem.
Aerosolve uses machine learning to understand what consumers will pay for a certain kind of room in a certain place — and helps people figure out how to price their Airbnb rentals.
And I always play a certain kind of guy — which is fine, I can't help what I look like or what I've done or where I've been.
The IKEA catalogue is a self-help manual for a certain kind of life.
However, he has helped draw in a certain kind of voter; "Sierra Man whose Sierra is 14 years old," as one insider puts it.
It helps to be a certain kind of narcissist, the type who never throws a fit to get attention because he always assumes he's getting it, even when he's being ignored.
