- Years in practice
- 15
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Millie
Millie Ashton is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 15 years of experience. Millie works in a person-centred way and focuses sessions on what the client brings. She aims to listen, support and work alongside people making difficult changes.
She commonly helps with stress and anxiety, depression, grief and coping with life changes. Millie also supports people facing relationship strain, parenting concerns, addiction and compassion fatigue. LGBT and gender dysphoria issues are part of her practice too.
Background and approach
Her sessions often follow a client-led flow. Topics can shift during a meeting and the agenda adapts to what feels most pressing. Millie values respect, sensitivity and compassion and avoids stigmatising labels.
Millie draws on Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approaches to shape conversations and practical steps. She works with people affected by trauma and abuse, and with those who have experience of adoption, foster care or caregiving roles. As a counsellor and former foster carer, Millie brings long-term, hands-on experience with complex emotional needs.
She encourages honest self-reflection and steady progress rather than quick fixes. If the pairing does not feel right, she supports finding a different therapist to achieve the best outcome.
What Millie works with
Everything Millie lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Millie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Millie lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own experience. The therapist offers empathy, acceptance and attentive listening to help people make sense of their feelings and choices. This approach is often helpful for people needing a steady, validating space to talk through parenting worries, grief or identity questions.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect. Sessions often include simple, practical exercises and small behavioural steps to reduce anxiety or low mood. CBT can be useful for stress, anxiety, anger and for building coping skills around life changes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to test what fits best, combining person-centred listening with CBT tools where that helps. Goals, preferences and how a person responds shape the plan rather than a one-size-fits-all method.
Online therapy offers flexibility and access. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is hard. Phone sessions and live chat suit shorter check-ins or people who need less bandwidth. Text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection and quick touchpoints between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Millie
What concerns can Millie help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and coping with life changes. Other areas include addiction, relationship strain, parenting and compassion fatigue.
What is Millie’s therapeutic style?
Millie uses a person-centred, client-led approach. Conversations adapt to what the client brings and may change from session to session.
What experience does Millie have?
Millie has 15 years working as a counsellor and has also been a foster carer for ten years, giving practical experience with young people who have experienced trauma.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is BACP and based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with Millie?
Millie does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are sessions priced and how do I start?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
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