About Anna
Anna Gilmore is a counsellor with ten years of experience supporting people through difficult life moments. She draws on a long history of voluntary and charity work alongside paid roles. Her approach is respectful and focused on each person's individual story.
Across her career Anna has worked in a variety of settings. She spent eight years on the committee of Women’s Aid and two years with the mental health charity Mind.
How Anna works
She has worked in a secondary school counselling pupils aged 11 to 18, and volunteered with Rape Crisis for four years. Anna also works as a counsellor for Sporting Chance, supporting athletes from sports such as football, squash and horse racing. She spends two days a week with Woman’s Trust in London, counselling women who have experienced domestic abuse.
These roles give her practical experience with trauma and relationship harm. Her areas of focus include trauma and abuse, grief, eating difficulties, bipolar disorder, stress, anxiety, LGBT issues, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem and depression. She also supports people facing ADHD, abandonment and attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, body image and many co-occurring challenges.
Anna holds BACP accreditation from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and a BSc (Hons) in Reflective Therapeutic Practice. She also has an MSc from King’s College London in Psychology and Neuroscience and additional qualifications in couples counselling, supervision, safeguarding and eating disorders. Anna works with adults in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients.
Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs and routines.
Anna lists one way of working on the entry:
What Anna works with
The areas below are the ones Anna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How client-centred therapy works online
Client-centred therapy focuses on a respectful, non-judgemental relationship. The counsellor listens deeply, reflects what the person says and helps them uncover their own answers. This approach suits issues where understanding feelings and building self-trust matter, such as grief, relationship concerns, self-esteem and trauma-related difficulties.Anna’s practice places the client’s priorities first and she will work collaboratively to find the right path. Together they will discuss goals, try approaches that fit the person’s needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Finding the best therapeutic match is part of the journey rather than a one-time choice.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or messaging work for shorter check-ins and for people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and to keep therapy consistent alongside daily life.
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