About Gillian
Gillian Macmillan is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with seven years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addictions and grief. Gillian aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and supportive.
She creates an open, non-judgemental space where clients can share thoughts and feelings. Sessions are practical and conversational, with attention to what matters most to the individual.
Background and approach
Gillian works to build rapport and trust so people can be honest about struggles and hopes. When relationship issues come up she supports both partners and teaches skills to reduce conflict. Work in these sessions includes spotting sources of tension, improving communication and practising conflict resolution techniques.
Gillian draws on several well-known psychological methods including cognitive and acceptance-based approaches. She uses techniques that help people notice patterns, try new ways of responding and commit to meaningful changes. The aim is to make coping strategies simple and usable between sessions.
People approach Gillian for a wide range of concerns beyond anxiety, such as self-esteem, depression, parenting strain, sleep problems, anger and career stress. She also offers support for more specific issues like postpartum depression, infidelity, process addictions and self-harm, always working at the client’s pace.
How Gillian's Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-based actions rather than getting stuck in worry. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. This approach often helps with panic, worry and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relational patterns shape current ways of relating and can be useful for intimacy difficulties and relationship strain.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gillian will discuss what feels most relevant and try methods that fit the person’s goals and preferences. The choice of techniques is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and short live chats or messaging suit quick check-ins or when a written record helps reflection. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare and other commitments while still keeping the therapeutic focus.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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