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Gillian Macmillan, NCPS
United Kingdom
Counsellor - Anxiety and Addictions
See online therapy options- CBT techniques
- ACT and values
- Attachment focus
About Gillian
Gillian Macmillan is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has seven years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also helps with relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues and parenting strain.
She focuses on clear, practical conversations and helps people notice thought patterns and unhelpful reactions. Sessions are aimed at identifying small, testable changes people can try between meetings. Gillian uses straightforward techniques from cognitive behavioural work alongside acceptance and values-based methods.
Her approach pays attention to how attachment and emotion shape relationships. That can be useful for issues such as jealousy, infidelity and intimacy worries. She also draws on skills from dialectical and client-centred approaches to support emotional regulation and clearer communication.
Gillian has experience supporting people coping with trauma and abuse, process addictions such as gambling or pornography, postpartum depression, self-harm and compassion fatigue. She offers practical tools for sleeping, eating and managing anger, as well as strategies for career or life changes.
In sessions she aims to help people practise new ways of responding and to build better habits around thinking and behaviour. The work is collaborative and focused on concrete goals and next steps. To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session to discuss priorities and a plan.
How her approaches translate to online work
CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioural experiments. It helps with anxiety, depression, sleep and habit change by breaking problems into manageable steps.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts while clarifying personal values. It supports people who want to reduce avoidance and act in ways that matter to them.
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections. This can be useful for intimacy issues, jealousy and difficulties with trust.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Gillian works collaboratively to choose methods that fit the client's goals and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the focus as progress is made.
The therapist's biography does not specify session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a working day, allow shorter check-ins when helpful and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals offering online counselling can use a mix of techniques and exercises adapted for sessions done remotely, with practical tools to apply between meetings.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address most often?
She commonly helps with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, low self-esteem and depression. Relationship issues, intimacy-related concerns and parenting strain are also listed areas of work.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and task-focused, using cognitive behavioural ideas alongside acceptance and attachment-informed work. Sessions aim to identify thoughts and habits to try different responses.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional work experience in counselling and therapeutic roles.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to discuss priorities and next steps.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.