Gillian Cooper , BACP

Gillian Cooper is a UK-based licensed therapist with nine years of professional experience working with both adults and young people across statutory, voluntary and private settings. She has supported people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, separation from children, the impact of family court, teenage challenges, trauma and abuse, panic, low self-esteem, addictions, changes in sleep and eating patterns, and sexual problems. She also offers support for bereavement and loss, drawing on extensive professional and lived experience in that area.

Her background includes roles in a trauma organisation for women and young girls, private care, MIND UK and NHS hospital bereavement services, and work with learners as a counselling tutor delivering qualifications up to Level 4. She has provided support to neuro-divergent adults and young people, people in crisis, those presenting with challenging behaviours, and other vulnerable groups.

Gillian identifies as both a therapist and a counsellor, offering a flexible blend of approaches to meet different needs. In shorter term counselling she uses Solution Focused Brief Therapy to address present-day problems and practical coping strategies. In longer term therapy she uses psychoanalytical methods to explore how past experiences may shape current patterns. Both approaches are collaborative and designed to help people build resilience and achieve meaningful goals.

She holds BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and can incorporate Biblical principles and Christian values into her work for those who request that perspective. Her practice emphasizes a personalised, respectful approach that aims to support people to clarify their goals and construct a clear plan for their therapeutic journey.

Therapeutic approaches and online support with Gillian Cooper

Gillian often draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, which focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of relating. This approach can help people who struggle with trust, closeness, abandonment fears, or difficulty managing emotions in relationships.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, a person-led approach that prioritises the client's own goals and pace. It supports people who need a compassionate, non-directive space to explore self-esteem, life transitions, or emotional overwhelm.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Gillian works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. She partners with clients to refine the focus over time so therapy feels relevant and effective.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, to access support from home, and to choose the format that feels most comfortable at each stage of the work. Licensed professionals and therapists using these modalities aim to provide consistent, meaningful support whether sessions are held face-to-face or online.