Gillian McGowan , NCPS

Gillian McGowan is a counsellor and clinical supervisor with eight years of experience in direct counselling and supervisory roles. She works with individuals to explore self-belief, helping clients unpack narratives formed in childhood and the messages received from caregivers that continue to shape present-day choices and relationships. Her practice focuses on relationship and family dynamics, including divorce, affairs, conflict within families or friendship groups, breakups, attachment styles and communication difficulties. She also supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, depression and major life changes.

Gillian offers tailored support for additional challenges such as blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, commitment and jealousy, infidelity, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and midlife questions about life purpose and self-love. She works with individuals only and does not provide couples therapy. Her approach is client-centered, creating a warm, accepting atmosphere where exploration and healing can take place at the client’s pace. Gillian is described as warm, open, flexible and relaxed, and she maintains a consistently non-judgemental stance. She holds the NCPS credential, indicating a recognised qualification in counselling practice.

Client-Centered Care Online - Approaches and Access

Gillian primarily uses client-centered therapy, a respectful, non-directive approach that prioritises the individual's experience. This method focuses on empathic listening, acceptance and supporting clients to clarify their own values and goals. It is often helpful for work on self-belief, relationship and family dynamics, anxiety, grief and recovery from trauma, where rebuilding a sense of agency and understanding personal narratives is important.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process and Gillian treats this as a collaborative effort. She works with each person to identify which ways of working feel most helpful, adjusting methods over time to match needs, goals and personal preferences so that therapy remains relevant and effective for the individual.

Online therapy with Gillian is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, manage appointments around busy routines and access support from home or other convenient locations, while still working with a licensed professional who focuses on relationship, family and self-belief issues.