About Hilary
Hilary Rock-Gormley is a counsellor who uses compassionate, person-centred work to help people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and grief. She holds the NCPS credential and brings 26 years of UK practice to each conversation. Hilary speaks in plain terms and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone under pressure.
Hilary believes people know their story best and that therapy is a chance to build on existing strengths.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. She focuses on practical ways to cope with depression, life changes, bereavement and addiction-related concerns. Her approach draws on Attachment-Based and Client-Centred ideas to strengthen relationships and self-understanding.
Psychodynamic ideas help uncover repeated patterns that cause pain, while Solution-Focused and Trauma-Focused methods add practical tools for change. Across 26 years she has worked with a wide range of issues including parenting stress, intimacy concerns, eating difficulties, anger and self-esteem problems. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, cancer, caregiving strain and bereavement following separation or loss.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged for people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Hilary aims to create a calm space where people can talk things through, try new ways of coping, and move toward clearer choices.
How her approaches work in online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and behaviour. Online work with this approach helps people notice patterns in relationships and practise new ways of connecting and setting boundaries.Client-Centred Therapy centres the person’s own experience and priorities. In a remote session the therapist listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace, helping them clarify values, decisions and coping steps that feel right for them.
Psychodynamic Therapy looks at recurring patterns and hidden emotional drivers. In online sessions this can help people understand why old reactions keep repeating and try different responses in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then agree a plan together. That shared decision-making helps tailor techniques and pacing to the person’s needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions can suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, shorter exchanges or when written reflection is easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family life or caregiving routines, and to maintain ongoing support across distances.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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