Gill Brown, BACP

Gill Brown is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression, grief and a wide range of life challenges. Gill aims to make it easier to speak about difficult things and to begin practical change.

She creates a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. Sessions focus on understanding patterns that keep causing pain and on small steps that make daily life easier. Gill explains ideas simply and works at a pace that suits each person.

Her approach draws on therapies that help with thinking, feeling and relating. Gill uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centred ways of working to heal relational wounds and build self-compassion.

Over two decades she has supported people affected by domestic abuse, homicide and other crime-related trauma, as well as addictions and compassion fatigue. She also works with issues such as body image, eating and sleeping problems, chronic illness, caregiving stress and challenges around intimacy and sexuality.

Sessions can address specific problems like anger, parenting strain, or career worries, and broader patterns such as attachment, abandonment or codependency. Gill welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and offers a practical, down-to-earth style that focuses on real change.

How Gill’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without fighting them and pick small actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It often helps with stress, sleeping and mood problems.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the work. Gill will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods feel like the best fit. This collaborative discussion helps tailor sessions so they focus on what matters most to the individual.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are useful for fuller conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions suit those with limited bandwidth, live chat works for shorter check-ins and texting can fit into busy days. These options make it easier to attend sessions around work, caregiving and travel while keeping a steady course of therapy.