- Years in practice
- 20
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Gill
Gill Brown is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 20 years of practice. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strains, trauma and abuse, depression, addiction-related concerns and parenting challenges. Her approach is warm and non-judgemental, aimed at helping people feel safe enough to talk honestly about difficult feelings.
She creates a space where clients can name what feels hard and begin to make sense of repeated patterns.
Background and approach
Gill pays attention to how past experiences affect current life and relationships. That often helps people notice small changes that make daily life easier. Her work combines practical strategies with reflective thinking.
She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to tackle unhelpful thoughts and on acceptance-based methods to build resilience. Emotion-focused and attachment-based ideas also shape sessions when relationship patterns are the focus. Gill has professional recognition from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
She has worked across a range of trauma-related settings and with people affected by domestic abuse and serious crime. Those backgrounds inform how she responds to distress and safety concerns. People who choose Gill typically want straightforward support and a therapist who listens closely.
She aims to help clients take manageable steps, whether that means improving sleep, coping with grief, addressing substance use, or finding calmer ways to parent. Work proceeds at the client’s pace and within clear, collaborative goals.
What Gill works with
Everything Gill lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Gill helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gill lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and on choosing actions that match their values. It often helps with anxiety, stress and making changes that matter. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy examines how early relationship experiences shape current ways of relating and can help when intimacy, trust or repeated relationship patterns are causing distress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each client about their goals and preferences and will suggest approaches that fit those aims. That decision is made together and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when tone and expression matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in suits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging offer a written option for people who prefer to reflect in writing or who need brief, ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around family life, work and different time zones, and many registered or accredited professionals use them to continue therapeutic work effectively.
Questions people ask about Gill
What concerns can Gill help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and many related concerns such as grief, addiction, eating and sleeping problems.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and non-judgemental, combining practical strategies with reflective conversation so clients can better understand and change repeating patterns.
What background and experience does she bring?
Gill has 20 years of professional experience and has worked in settings supporting people affected by domestic abuse, serious crime and trauma.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging according to client preference.
How are costs and payment handled?
Fees vary with location and the subscription for sessions can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist’s availability.
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