Gillian Overton , NCPS

Gillian Overton is a counsellor with three years of professional experience practising in the United Kingdom. She holds NCPS as a credential and brings a calm, attentive presence to sessions. Gillian aims to make it easier for people to talk about stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and other struggles without fear of judgement.

Gillian creates a welcoming space where thoughts and feelings can be named and understood. She listens carefully and responds with compassion so clients can begin to explore small changes. The focus is on building skills and insight that fit each person’s life and goals.

Before training as a counsellor, Gillian spent many years living and travelling abroad, including time in North America. She has worked in the diplomatic service, the financial sector and as a special education teacher. Those life experiences inform her practical, down-to-earth style in sessions.

Gillian uses a range of approaches to suit different needs. She draws on acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, client-centred listening, dialectical behaviour techniques and narrative methods where helpful. This mix helps with issues such as depression, grief, sleep problems, anger and parenting challenges.

Clients who find her helpful often want steady support while they deal with change. Gillian aims to work collaboratively so people feel heard and gradually gain tools for a more authentic life.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and still move toward what matters to them. It is useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect feelings and behaviour; it can help with relationship worries, attachment issues and feelings of isolation.

Gillian works collaboratively to find the best fit. She will discuss different approaches and adapt them to your goals and preferences rather than insisting on a single method. Together you will choose ways of working that feel practical and realistic for your life.

Online therapy is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while still keeping the focus on steady progress.