Anna Gilmore, BACP

Anna Gilmore is a compassionate, experienced counsellor who works with a wide range of people and presenting concerns. With ten years of professional experience, she values the individuality of each person she meets and approaches therapy with respect, curiosity, and a strong commitment to listening. Her practice has included many different settings and roles, giving her a broad understanding of complex life experiences and mental health challenges.

Anna's background includes eight years as a committee member for Women’s Aid, two years working for the mental health charity Mind, one year providing counselling for 11- to 18-year-old pupils in a secondary school, and four years volunteering at Rape Crisis. She also works as a counsellor for Sporting Chance - the charity founded by former England captain Tony Adams MBE - supporting elite athletes across sports, and spends two days a week at Woman's Trust in London counselling women who have experienced domestic abuse.

She is a fully qualified BACP accredited therapist - BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and is a member governed by that organisation's ethical framework. Her professional checks and protections include a full DBS check and professional indemnity insurance. Anna's academic and training credentials include a BSc (Hons) in Reflective Therapeutic Practice, an MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience from King’s College London, and additional qualifications in couples counselling, clinical supervision, safeguarding, sexual oppression and domestic violence training, autism awareness, and eating disorders. She has undertaken extensive research into mood disorders and has supported clients with issues such as trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, bipolar disorder, stress, anxiety, LGBT matters, relationship and family difficulties, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and many associated concerns.

Client-Centered Care and Online Access

Anna works from a client-centered perspective, which focuses on creating an empathic, non-judgemental space in which the person is supported to explore their feelings and make their own choices. This approach helps people who are managing trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, and many life transitions by prioritising the client's experience and pace.

Within therapy she adopts a collaborative stance - selecting approaches and techniques together with the client, and adjusting the work to match individual needs, goals, and preferences. Anna sees the process of finding the right way of working as an active partnership between therapist and client, with ongoing discussion about what is most helpful.

Online sessions make that collaborative work accessible from many locations and schedules. Video calls and phone sessions allow face-to-face conversation when needed, while live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, flexible ways to connect between formal sessions. These options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work even when in-person meetings are difficult, while still enabling licensed professionals to offer consistent therapeutic support.