Gillian Overton

Gillian Overton is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She uses her NCPS credential and past life experience to support people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and trauma. Gillian aims to make the first step feel manageable for anyone considering therapy.

She creates a welcoming, non-judgemental space where clients can talk about difficult feelings and situations. Sessions focus on listening closely and building a trusting relationship. That connection is central to how Gillian helps people move forward.

Before training as a therapist, Gillian spent many years living overseas, mainly in North America. She has worked in the diplomatic service, the financial sector and as a special education teacher. Those roles have given her a wide range of life experience that she draws on in sessions.

Gillian uses a mix of practical and reflective approaches. She helps clients notice what matters to them, understand patterns in relationships, and develop day-to-day coping strategies. Work often includes exploring personal stories, emotional responses and how to handle difficult moments.

People who come to Gillian are often dealing with relationship problems, parenting pressures, career stress, grief, or struggles with self-esteem and identity. She also supports those managing trauma-related symptoms, panic attacks, dissociation, isolation and challenges linked to autism and attachment issues. The aim is steady, practical change rather than quick fixes.

Approaches that guide online work and how they help

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) asks you to notice thoughts and feelings without fighting them, then choose actions that match your values. It can help with anxiety, low mood and decisions about meaningful change.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns. It can be useful for people struggling with trust, closeness or recurring relationship problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with you about your needs, goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process can change over time as different challenges arise.

If you are considering online sessions, check the current session options before booking since the profile does not list formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life - for example allowing shorter check-ins during work breaks or removing travel time. It can also let you meet from wherever you are living, and make it simpler to choose a quiet moment for focused work. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can adapt ACT and attachment-based techniques to work effectively in remote sessions, using discussion, reflective exercises and practical tools that suit your daily routine.