Gillian Langford
Compassionate, practical counselling for life’s hard moments
About Gillian
Gillian Langford helps people who are dealing with trauma and abuse, eating problems, parenting strain, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She uses simple, direct conversation to make it easier to talk about hard things. Gillian aims to create a calm environment where people can say what they think and feel without judgement.
Gillian draws on ten years of clinical experience and works from a background registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
She combines several ways of working to match what each person needs. Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer understanding, and building small skills that help day-to-day life. Her approach often uses Client-Centred work to make space for the person in front of her.
She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and still move towards what matters to them. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used when relationships and attachment patterns are central to the issue. Gillian has a broad range of additional focus areas, including attachment and abandonment issues, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, and substance concerns.
She also supports people dealing with neurodiversity, blended family difficulties, dissociation, domestic violence, and related problems. Sessions are offered in English and Gillian is based in the United Kingdom. She accepts clients from other countries as well.
Practical details like session formats and cost are handled through the platform’s subscription system.
What Gillian works with
How Gillian works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that suit online counselling
Gillian often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being pushed around by them. ACT focuses on values and small committed actions to move life in a meaningful direction, which can help with trauma, eating concerns, and low self-esteem.She also uses Client-Centred Therapy to create an accepting space where people can speak freely and feel heard. This approach helps when someone needs to make sense of emotions or regain confidence in their own decisions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used when attachment and relationship patterns are important, helping people track and change interaction patterns that cause pain.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and practical needs, and adapt the mix of methods as the relationship develops. That means therapy can change if different tools suit better over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging, giving flexibility for different days and needs. Video calls are useful for a full session with visual cues, phone sessions are lower bandwidth and can fit into a short break, while live chat or text messaging can be good for brief check-ins or when writing helps express feelings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or travel.
| 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
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
