Gill Brown , BACP

Gill Brown is a counsellor with 20 years of experience working in the United Kingdom. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, depression and addiction. She also supports people with grief, parenting pressures, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD and LGBT-related matters.

Her approach is warm and non-judgemental. Sessions focus on helping clients speak openly about thoughts and feelings. She encourages practical steps alongside deeper self-reflection. That mix aims to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.

Gill draws on several methods to meet different needs. She uses client-centred listening to build trust and cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thinking. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used to help clarify values and guide action.

She is also experienced with attachment-based ideas and longer-term work that looks at repeating relationship patterns. The biography states she trained psychoanalytically and can help people explore unconscious processes that influence behaviour.

Gill’s background includes many years supporting people affected by domestic abuse, homicide and crime-related trauma, as well as general mental health concerns. Her practice aims to empower individuals to understand recurring patterns, manage distress, and make choices that fit their values.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Gill uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small actions towards those values. ACT is practical and often helps with anxiety, low mood and life changes by focusing on living rather than getting stuck on thoughts.

She also draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which centres on active listening and empathy to build trust. This approach can help when someone needs a steady, supportive space to talk through feelings and decisions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Gill will work collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That may mean combining ways of working and adjusting as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier for shorter check-ins, and messaging or live chat can fit into busy days. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family and other commitments, and to keep up with sessions when travel or mobility is difficult.