Anna Gilmore, BACP

Anna Gilmore is a dedicated therapist who values the variety of people she meets in her practice and the trust placed in her by each individual. She approaches every person with respect and a focus on their unique life story, aiming to support greater self-awareness and understanding. Her work reflects a commitment to meeting clients where they are and to treating their experiences with seriousness and care.

Her professional background includes a range of roles in voluntary and specialist services. She served eight years as a committee member for Women’s Aid, spent two years working for Mind the mental health charity, worked for one year counselling 11 to 18 year old pupils in a secondary school, and volunteered for four years as a counsellor at Rape Crisis. She also works as a counsellor for Sporting Chance, supporting elite athletes from sports such as football, squash, and horse racing, and spends two days a week at Woman's Trust in London, offering therapy to women who have experienced domestic abuse.

Anna has supported clients with a wide variety of concerns, including eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, alcohol and drug misuse, self-harm, incest, physical trauma, sports injury, rape and physical abuse, pre-trial therapy, domestic violence and psychological control, child separation, sexuality, depression, self-destructive tendencies, personality disorders, insomnia, divorce, career progression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, anger, and low self esteem. She works with issues across trauma and abuse, grief, eating and bipolar disorders, stress and anxiety, LGBT matters, relationship and family difficulties, intimacy-related concerns, sleeping problems, anger, self esteem, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Additional focus areas include abandonment, antisocial personality, attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, BDSM and alternative sexual cultures, blended family issues, body image, co-morbidity, commitment and communication problems, control and dependent personality issues, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, dissociation, and divorce and separation.

Anna is BACP accredited. The BACP is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional body that provides accreditation and an ethical framework for practice. She holds a full Disclosure and Barring Service check and maintains professional indemnity insurance. Her formal training includes a BSc (Hons) in Reflective Therapeutic Practice, specialist qualifications in couples counselling, clinical supervision, safeguarding, sexual oppression and domestic violence training, autism awareness, and eating disorders, and an MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience from King's College London. She has also undertaken extensive research into mood disorders.

Working from a client-centered therapy approach, Anna focuses on building collaborative therapeutic relationships that prioritise the client's perspective and goals. She provides therapy in English and is currently accepting clients, including international clients.