Gillian Smith, BACP, NCPS

Gillian Smith is a UK-credentialed counsellor with four years of professional counselling experience and a broader background of more than two decades working to support children, young people, and adults. She trained in 2019 and holds an Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, bringing both formal therapeutic training and long-term experience helping others find their voice and practical ways to improve wellbeing. Gillian draws on person-centred practice to place the client's experience at the heart of therapy, offering attentive, nonjudgmental listening and collaborative exploration of thoughts and feelings.

Her therapeutic style is informed by personal experience of childhood trauma, workplace anxiety, grief, and depression, which motivates a compassionate, empathetic approach to supporting people through difficult transitions. Gillian works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, low self esteem, depression, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, career challenges, coping with life changes, and ADHD, and she also focuses on issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, communication problems, guilt and shame, and building self-love.

Gillian holds professional credentials listed as BACP and NCPS, reflecting her formal training and commitment to recognised professional standards. She aims to tailor dialogue and treatment plans to each person's unique needs, and she approaches the first step toward change as a collaborative process that honours the courage it takes to seek a more fulfilling life.