Anna Gilmore, BACP

Anna Gilmore is a counsellor with a ten year history working across charities and specialist services. She holds a BACP accreditation, a BSc (Hons) in Reflective Therapeutic Practice and an MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience from King's College London. Anna aims to offer a respectful, non-judgemental space where people can talk about difficult experiences and find clearer ways forward.

Her background includes committee work for Women’s Aid and roles at Mind and Rape Crisis. She has also spent time counselling in a secondary school and supports elite athletes through Sporting Chance. Anna works two days a week for Woman's Trust, offering counselling to women who have experienced domestic abuse.

Anna helps people with a broad range of problems. These include trauma and abuse, grief, eating difficulties, bipolar mood changes, stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem and coping with life changes.

Additional areas Anna has experience with are ADHD, attachment difficulties, dissociation, body image and issues connected to kink and alternative sexual culture. She has worked with people affected by substance misuse, self-harm, personality disorder presentations and those preparing for court or legal proceedings.

In sessions Anna uses a client-centred approach, listening and responding to what each person needs. She describes her work as collaborative and practical, helping people make sense of their experiences and try small changes between sessions. To begin, she asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a time to meet according to her availability.

Client-centred work online and finding what helps

Client-centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. The therapist listens with acceptance and reflects what they hear back. This approach helps people work through things like low self-esteem, stress, grief and relationship issues by building understanding and self-awareness.

Anna treats finding the right way of working as a shared task. She will talk with each person about what they want from counselling and try different ideas together. Over time they check whether an approach is helping and change course if needed.

The practical benefits of online therapy often include greater flexibility and easier fits around work or family life. It can make regular check-ins simpler and reduce travel time so sessions are easier to keep. The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can then agree the session timing and arrangements that suit personal needs.