About Gillian
Gillian Cooper is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with nine years of professional experience. She works with adults and young people who are worried about stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, depression and addictions. Gillian also supports people facing changes in sleep or eating, parenting strains, low self-esteem, and career uncertainty.
She blends short-term counselling and longer-term therapy to meet each person’s needs. In shorter work she focuses on practical steps to manage day-to-day difficulties.
Background and approach
In longer therapy she looks at past experiences that may influence current patterns. Gillian uses approaches that include attachment-based work, client-centred conversation, cognitive behavioural tools, Jungian ideas and psychodynamic exploration. She adapts these methods so people can try what feels most helpful.
Sessions are collaborative, with the client and counsellor shaping goals together. Her background includes roles in mental health services, a trauma organisation for women and girls, NHS hospital bereavement support, MIND UK and personal care. She has also been a counselling tutor delivering up to Level 4 qualifications and supporting learners with confidence, resilience and career planning.
Gillian welcomes people who want clear steps and steady reflection. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space and works with each person to draw a practical road map for their therapy journey. Her practice follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration she holds.
Therapy approaches you can use online
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current trust and closeness. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in relationships and practise new ways of connecting. Client-centred counselling gives space for the client to lead the conversation while the counsellor offers empathy and reflection; it helps when someone needs understanding and practical support in the here and now. Cognitive behavioural work looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses simple exercises to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms such as anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the process and the counsellor will work with the client to decide what fits best. Sessions start with goals and regular reviews so methods can be adjusted as needs and preferences become clearer. This collaborative style helps people try different techniques and pick what works for them.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suit brief check-ins or days when writing feels better. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while maintaining continuity of care with a registered professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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