Gillian Overton, NCPS

Gillian Overton is a counsellor with three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and the NCPS credential. She welcomes conversations about stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, family strain, trauma and abuse, and low mood. Her opening paragraph aims to make a worried reader feel seen and understood before they decide to take a next step.

She creates a calm space where people can speak without judgment. She listens carefully and reflects what she hears so clients can make sense of their own thoughts and feelings. Gillian describes the therapeutic relationship as central to progress and works to build trust from the first sessions.

Before training as a counsellor, she lived and worked abroad for many years, mostly in North America. Her background includes roles in the diplomatic service, the financial sector, and special education teaching. These experiences inform her practical, down-to-earth approach to therapy.

Gillian draws on several therapeutic approaches to match what a person needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, client-centred methods, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques, and Narrative Therapy tools. She adapts these to each person rather than following one fixed method.

Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are accepted. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, readers are invited to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed by them, and then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build safer ways of relating to others and themselves. Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work by offering empathic listening and non-judgemental reflection to support self-directed change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gillian will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest ways of working that suit their situation. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as understanding grows over sessions.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people work from locations that are quieter or more convenient for them, and makes it simpler to continue therapy while living in a different country.