Gillian Overton, NCPS

Gillian Overton is a counsellor credentialed with NCPS and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She offers calm, steady support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. Gillian focuses on listening closely and creating a non-judgemental space so people can speak openly about what is hard for them.

Before training as a therapist, she lived and worked overseas for many years, including time in North America. Her earlier roles in the diplomatic service, the financial sector and as a special education teacher have shaped how she understands practical life pressures. That life experience sits alongside her counselling work.

Gillian uses a relational approach. She places the therapeutic relationship at the centre and aims to help clients feel heard and understood. In sessions she pays attention to thoughts, feelings and the everyday challenges that make life difficult.

Her practice supports people with a wide range of concerns. These include relationship and family tensions, grief, parenting strain, midlife crisis, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and career uncertainty. She also works with trauma-related difficulties such as panic, dissociation and post-traumatic stress.

Gillian draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based methods, Client-Centred work, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Narrative Therapy. She helps people try different ways of managing emotions, making decisions and coping with life changes. The aim is to support clearer thinking and steadier daily routines.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to take small steps towards values-based goals. It can help when anxiety, low mood or life changes make decision-making hard.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and how early experiences affect closeness and trust. This approach can be useful for people facing relationship strain, attachment questions or feelings of isolation.

Finding the best approach is a shared process. Gillian will work with each person to match methods to their needs, goals and preferences. That means trying out techniques and adjusting as things change until the best fit emerges.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and reduce travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or sessions without video when that suits better. The therapist's profile does not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. Registered or accredited professionals commonly offer online options to help people attend more consistently and keep therapy part of everyday life.