Anna Gilmore
Experienced person-centred counsellor
About Anna
Anna Gilmore is a counsellor with ten years' experience working across charities and specialist services. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about difficult experiences. Anna listens without judgement and tailors sessions to the person in front of her.
She has a broad background in mental health work. That includes committee work with Women's Aid, roles at Mind and Woman's Trust, and volunteering with Rape Crisis.
Background and approach
Anna has also worked in a secondary school counselling pupils aged 11 to 18 and alongside Sporting Chance to support elite athletes. Her training includes a BSc (Hons) in Reflective Therapeutic Practice and an MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience from King's College London. She is a BACP member, which means she follows that professional body's ethical framework.
Anna also holds qualifications in couples counselling, clinical supervision, safeguarding, autism awareness, and eating disorders. In sessions she helps people talk through a wide range of concerns. These include trauma and abuse, grief, eating and body image difficulties, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression, ADHD, sleep problems and relationship or intimacy-related issues.
She also works with issues such as anger, low self-esteem, and coping with major life changes. Anna’s style is person-centred. She supports people to explore their experiences, make sense of feelings, and find practical ways forward.
Each plan is shaped around the person's goals and pace, with attention to safety and practical needs.
What Anna works with
How Anna works
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Sessions & fees
How Anna's Client-Centred Work Adapts to Online Therapy
Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work. The counsellor focuses on listening, reflecting, and responding to what matters most to the individual. This approach helps when discussing issues such as trauma, grief, anxiety, relationship concerns, and identity questions because it follows the person's lead and pace.In online sessions the same person-centred principles apply. Anna would collaborate with the client to decide aims and ways of working that suit them. That may mean shorter check-ins over text when time is tight, regular video sessions for deeper exploration, or phone calls for a different rhythm. The choice is shaped together based on goals and preferences.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing, need on-the-go access, or want brief, frequent check-ins. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, study, caring duties, or busy schedules and help maintain continuity when life changes make in-person sessions harder.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
