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Gillian Macmillan, NCPS

Gillian Macmillan is a counsellor with seven years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

About Gillian

Gillian Macmillan is a counsellor with seven years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She holds NCPS as a credential and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low mood and addictive behaviours. Gillian aims to create an open space where clients can speak honestly.

She describes starting therapy as a brave step and offers steady support through that process. Gillian uses straightforward, practical conversations to uncover what matters to each person.

Background and approach

She helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck and then practices small, achievable changes. This can include building skills for handling anger, improving sleep, or managing cravings related to process addictions. Her work also covers grief, self-esteem, career transitions and compassion fatigue.

People ask for help with intimacy-related problems, parenting strain, postpartum depression and issues around infidelity or jealousy. She also supports people facing ADHD-related challenges and self-harm concerns. Sessions are client-focused and aim to balance emotional understanding with hands-on coping strategies.

Gillian draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques and emotion-focused ways of working to guide practical steps. She listens for the root causes of recurring problems and helps clients build better patterns. Therapy can be delivered by video, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different lives.

Gillian accepts people from the United Kingdom and international clients, and she asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin the process.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
NCPS	NCS16-03543	July 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Gillian lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Grief
Self esteem
Depression
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Infidelity
Jealousy
Postpartum depression
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-harm

Ways of working Gillian names

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How Gillian’s approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful when worries or low mood make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical techniques to reduce anxiety and change negative thinking. This approach often helps with sleep, panic, and depressive symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gillian will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person. She aims to be collaborative, adjusting techniques if something does not feel helpful so the therapy matches each person’s needs.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be quicker and use less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can suit short check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer not to use a camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and travel schedules, while keeping the focus on progress and usable tools.

Frequently asked

What kinds of concerns does Gillian help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression and a range of addiction concerns including process addictions. She also supports grief, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, parenting strain and related problems.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Gillian combines listening with practical exercises. Sessions mix understanding emotions with small, actionable steps to change unhelpful patterns.

How much experience does she have?

She has seven years of professional experience working with people on mood, anxiety, addiction and relationship-related concerns.

What credentials and location information are available?

Gillian lists NCPS as a credential and is based in the United Kingdom.

Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?

Sessions are offered to international clients as well as people in the United Kingdom. All sessions are conducted in English.

What session formats are offered?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; therapy uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

What do I need to do to start therapy?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.