Anna Gilmore, BACP

Anna Gilmore is an experienced therapist who values working with a wide and diverse range of people. She approaches each client as an individual and treats their experiences with respect and serious attention, honouring the trust given to her in the therapeutic relationship. Over her career she has supported people through trauma, grief, eating concerns, mood disorders, relationship and family difficulties, intimacy-related issues, anxiety and stress, sleep problems, anger and self-esteem struggles, among other challenges.

Her professional background includes eight years as a committee member for Women’s Aid, two years working for the mental health charity Mind, a year counselling 11-18 year olds in a secondary school, and four years volunteering with Rape Crisis. She is a counsellor for the charity Sporting Chance, working with elite athletes across sports, and spends two days a week at Woman's Trust supporting women who have experienced domestic abuse. These roles have given her broad experience across contexts such as pre-trial therapy, domestic violence, sexual abuse, sports injury, substance misuse, self-harm, and personality-related difficulties.

Anna is a BACP-accredited therapist - a professional membership and accreditation governed by an ethical framework - and she holds a BSc (Hons) in Reflective Therapeutic Practice and an MSc from Kings College London in Psychology and Neuroscience. She also has training in couples counselling, clinical supervision, safeguarding, sexual oppression and domestic violence, autism awareness and eating disorders. Anna maintains a full DBS check and professional indemnity insurance, and she is available to work with clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Client-Centered Care and Online Therapy

Client-Centered Therapy places the client at the heart of the process, focusing on empathy, non-judgemental listening and supporting a person to explore their own feelings and choices. This approach helps with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, self-esteem, trauma recovery and coping with life changes by encouraging self-awareness and personal agency.

In addition, Anna brings skills from her couples counselling training to work with relationship and family difficulties, using practical communication and conflict-resolution techniques alongside a client-centered stance to support partners and blended families navigating change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Anna works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods feel most helpful based on their needs, goals and preferences. She tailors the pace and focus of therapy in partnership with each person.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy or geographically dispersed clients - sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options increase flexibility and make it easier for people to access regular support without disrupting work, family or other commitments.