Millie Ashton
Experienced client-centred counsellor
About Millie
Millie Ashton works from a client-centred approach that places the person in the lead. Millie is a BACP counsellor with 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth work to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression and major life changes.
Millie uses Client-Centred Therapy to build a respectful, non-judgemental space where people can talk through whatever they bring. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and actions so small changes can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be collaborative and focused on what helps in the short term and over time. Her background includes long-term work with trauma and abuse, relationship strain, grief, addiction and issues around gender and LGBT identity. Millie has particular experience supporting people facing parenting and family stress, adoption and foster care matters, and challenges linked to caregiving and aging.
People often come for help with anger, low self-esteem, career stress, ADHD and coping with loss or change. Millie also supports those dealing with sexual culture questions such as BDSM and kink, as well as people impacted by domestic violence or substance misuse. She aims to keep language simple and direct during sessions.
Millie believes therapy is a gradual process that needs honesty and self-reflection. She encourages people to change therapist if the fit isn’t right, because the best outcome is the priority. Sessions are offered in English and scheduled to suit each person’s needs.
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Sessions & fees
How client-centred and CBT work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, listening space where the person decides what to talk about. Online sessions let that conversation happen from wherever is most convenient, with the counsellor reflecting and responding to the person’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses simple exercises to change patterns that cause distress. Delivered online, CBT can include worksheets, short behavioural experiments and practical homework between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Millie will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. The process is collaborative - decisions about techniques and pacing are made jointly to match needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls suit deeper conversations when visual connection helps. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging support brief updates, reflection between sessions or when people prefer not to use audio. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving and everyday life.
| 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
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
