Gemma Lillington
Practical, person-focused counselling for life's challenges
About Gemma
Gemma Lillington is a counsellor with five years' experience offering practical, down-to-earth support. She works with people feeling anxious, low in mood, stressed, or struggling with relationships and life changes. Gemma also helps with grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, career concerns and ADHD.
She meets clients with patience, respect and a calm presence. Gemma uses an integrative approach, blending methods to suit each person's needs rather than following a single formula.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build understanding of what is keeping problems going. She also offers straightforward tools people can use between meetings to cope better day to day. Her style is collaborative and practical.
Gemma listens first, then helps people set small, achievable goals. Some weeks focus on talking through past events and patterns; other weeks focus on skills and planning for change. People can expect a steady, non-judgemental space to work through difficult feelings and decisions.
Gemma pays attention to both emotions and practical steps, so therapy looks at how thoughts and routines affect mood and behaviour. She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different needs and schedules. If someone wants to try an approachable, flexible way of working that combines understanding with clear tools, Gemma may be a good fit.
What Gemma works with
How Gemma works
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Sessions & fees
How Gemma's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The therapist offers empathy and acceptance while the person leads the pace and topics, which helps when someone needs space to be heard and valued.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It breaks problems into manageable steps and teaches practical techniques for anxiety, low mood, sleep and unhelpful patterns.
Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. Gemma will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then adapt sessions over time. This collaborative process helps make sure the methods used fit the individual's needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let conversations feel close to in-person meetings, phone sessions need less bandwidth and are useful for a shorter check-in, live chat suits those who prefer typing in the moment, and text messaging supports ongoing contact between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while still getting consistent support from registered or accredited professionals.
| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
