About Gillian
Gillian Cooper is a counsellor and therapist based in the United Kingdom. She draws on nine years of practice to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and trauma. Gillian also supports those dealing with addictions, changes in sleeping or eating, low self-esteem and challenges at work or home.
Her approach combines short-term counselling and longer-term psychotherapy. In shorter work she focuses on present-day problems and practical steps to feel steadier.
Background and approach
In longer therapy she looks at how past experiences may be shaping current patterns and relationships. Gillian has worked across NHS bereavement services, MIND UK, a trauma organisation for women and young people, and in personal care. She has also tutored counselling students up to Level 4 and supported neuro-divergent adults and young people in learning and development settings.
She often uses attachment-informed thinking, client-centred listening and cognitive tools to help people make changes. Jungian and psychodynamic ideas inform how she explores deeper themes when that is useful. Gillian offers a collaborative style and aims to tailor each plan to the person she is working with.
People who choose her can expect a straightforward, non-judgemental space and practical steps alongside reflective work where needed. She can incorporate Christian values and Biblical principles into sessions when clients request that perspective.
How Gillian’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and connection patterns. Online work can use this lens to help people understand relationship triggers and build more supported ways of relating.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and meeting clients where they are. In remote sessions this means providing a calm, accepting space for people to speak openly and to set the pace of change.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments to change behaviours. It translates well to online formats where homework, thought records and short experiments can be shared between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs, then agree a plan that fits. This is a collaborative decision and can be reviewed as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging suit brief check-ins and ongoing support. These options help people fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments.
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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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