Gillian Scott, BACP

Gillian Scott is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and big life changes. She works with those worried about their careers or coping with panic and overwhelm. Her style is warm and direct so people can talk about what matters quickly.

Gillian draws on a mix of practical approaches. She uses client-centred techniques to follow what each person needs and cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness and motivational methods are available for building calm and focus. Sessions are tailored to each person rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Gillian holds BACP registration, which is listed as BACP. She has five years of counselling experience and has helped people dealing with attachment and abandonment issues, body-image concerns, caregiver stress and chronic illness. She also works with those processing isolation, guilt, or the impact of trauma and domestic violence.

In sessions she focuses on practical steps and small experiments you can try between meetings. Conversations include breathing and grounding exercises when useful, and aim to make change feel manageable. Goals are set together so progress can be tracked.

People meet Gillian for short-term work or longer-term support depending on what they need. She accepts clients in English and is available to work with people internationally through online formats. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair someone to her practice.

How Gillian’s approaches work online

Gillian commonly uses client-centred work and cognitive behavioural therapy in online practice. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening closely and following each person's pace, helping people feel heard and understood before deciding next steps. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and offers simple experiments and exercises to change unhelpful patterns.

She also uses mindfulness techniques to teach basic breathing and grounding skills that reduce stress and panic in the moment. Together these approaches are chosen with the client, so the focus reflects their goals and preferences. The therapist and client decide collaboratively which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit around work, family and travel. Video is useful for deeper conversations and interactive work, phone calls work well for lower bandwidth or quicker check-ins, and messaging can suit brief updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can keep momentum even when life is busy.