Gillian Cooper , BACP

Gillian Cooper is a licensed therapist in the United Kingdom with nine years of professional experience working with adults and young people across a range of organisations and in private practice. She has supported people dealing with stress and anxiety, relationship difficulties, family conflicts, separation from children, issues arising from family court, teenage challenges, trauma and abuse, panic, self-esteem concerns, addictions, changes in sleeping and eating habits, and sexual difficulties. She has also worked with people facing bereavement and other losses, drawing on extensive lived experience in that area.

Her employment history includes roles in a trauma organisation for women and young girls, private care, MIND UK, and NHS hospital bereavement services. She has served as a counselling tutor delivering up to Level 4 qualifications and has worked with learners to define life purpose and career goals, build inner confidence, structure their lives, improve negotiation skills, and develop resilience. Gillian has provided support to neuro-divergent adults and young people, individuals in crisis, people presenting with challenging behaviours, and those who have experienced various abuses.

Gillian describes herself as a blend of therapist and counsellor, offering both short-term solution-focused work and longer-term psychoanalytic exploration to address underlying patterns. She is a member of BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and acknowledges her Catholic faith, which means she can incorporate Biblical principles and Christian values into her practice when appropriate. She emphasises a personalised, collaborative approach that seeks to empower people to identify goals and create a practical roadmap for therapy.