Gillian Smith , BACP, NCPS

Gillian Smith is a UK-credentialed counsellor who brings four years of direct counselling experience and more than two decades of wider professional work supporting children, young people, and adults. She retrained in 2019 and holds an Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, and she also maintains professional credentials including BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and NCPS, a recognised counselling credential. Her practice is rooted in person-centred values and psychodynamic understanding, which together create a compassionate space for exploring difficult emotions and life challenges.

Gillian draws on personal and professional experience of childhood trauma, workplace anxiety, grief, and depression to inform her empathetic and ethical approach. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, career concerns, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Additional areas of attention include feelings of abandonment, attachment difficulties, communication problems, guilt and shame, and developing self-love.

Sessions are tailored to each individual so that conversations and treatment plans reflect personal needs and goals. Gillian aims to build trust and mutual respect so clients can explore their thoughts and emotions without judgment. She considers taking the first step toward change a courageous act and views supporting that process as a professional privilege.