Gillian Burnett, BACP

Gillian Burnett is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years' experience. She practises from a person-centred, trauma-informed perspective and focuses on helping people through difficult life moments. Gillian speaks English and holds BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration noted in her profile.

Gillian aims to give people a calm space to talk about worries such as anxiety, stress or the effects of past abuse. She also supports people dealing with grief, self‑esteem struggles, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, career questions, addiction concerns and challenges linked to ADHD. Her work includes additional focus areas such as chronic illness, caregiver stress, ageing issues and adoption and foster care matters.

In sessions she takes a non-judgemental, guiding role and asks for honesty and commitment from the person seeking support. She will offer practical advice only when it is specifically requested and relevant to the conversation. The therapeutic approach is collaborative and centred on the person's priorities.

Gillian uses approaches from client-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, narrative and solution-focused techniques and trauma-informed practice. Those methods are used to make sense of difficult experiences, try new ways of thinking or behaviour and set small, manageable goals.

People who choose Gillian often want a straightforward, respectful counsellor who listens carefully. The process is presented as a shared journey where the individual sets the pace and goals, and the counsellor supports them along the way.

How her approaches shape online counselling

Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's own experience and choices, with the counsellor offering empathy and reflective listening to help clarify what matters most. This approach suits people who want a respectful space to talk and make sense of their feelings. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical strategies to test new ways of coping. It can help with anxiety, low mood and unhelpful behaviour patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the early work in therapy. Gillian will collaborate with each person to decide which methods feel most useful. Together they will set goals, try different techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made.

If you are thinking about online sessions, check the available session formats before booking as this profile does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, save travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also allows practical techniques from CBT and narrative work to be used between meetings so the person can practise changes in day-to-day life.