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Jyotsana Gilmore, BACP, NCPS

Based in the UK Online sessions

Compassionate counsellor for life transitions

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About Jyotsana

Jyotsana Gilmore is a counsellor with BACP and NCPS credentials and 11 years of practice across India and the United Kingdom. She focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and relationship worries. Her work is practical and straightforward, aimed at helping people take the next step when life feels overwhelming.

She creates a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can speak honestly about thoughts and feelings. Conversations are plain and direct, with space for practical problem solving alongside emotional support.

Background and approach

People often come for help with motivation, confidence, coping with change, grief, addiction and intimacy-related concerns. Her approach draws on several psychological methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred work. These provide ways to notice difficult thoughts, test unhelpful patterns and build new skills for day-to-day life.

She combines these with longer-term reflection when clients want to understand deeper patterns such as attachment or abandonment issues. Over her career she has supported people through career stress, parenting strain, sleeping and eating difficulties and recovery from trauma and abuse. She also works with issues connected to LGBT identity and related pressures.

Her style is collaborative and paced to what each person needs. To begin, she encourages a simple first step of reaching out. The initial stages focus on understanding what matters to the person, then agreeing achievable aims and practical steps to make things feel more manageable.

Focus areas and approaches

What Jyotsana works with

Everything Jyotsana lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Jyotsana is listed here; the rest shows what else Jyotsana works with.

Approaches Jyotsana lists

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and focus on valued actions. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes by encouraging small, practical steps that match what matters to the person.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers clear strategies for testing unhelpful beliefs and building new habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleeping and eating problems.

Client-Centred Therapy prioritises listening and understanding. It gives people space to talk without judgement and can be especially helpful when someone needs to build self-esteem or work through relationship and identity questions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and the issues you bring, and then recommend techniques that suit your situation. Decisions are made collaboratively and can change as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm which formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people access a therapist with specific experience, such as work with LGBT-related pressures, even when they live some distance away.
Questions

Questions people ask about Jyotsana

What issues does Jyotsana commonly help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns and self-esteem. Additional areas include addictions, grief, trauma and bipolar-related challenges.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and non-judgemental, mixing practical problem solving with open conversation. She helps people set small, achievable steps alongside deeper reflection.

What is her professional background?

She has 11 years of experience working in both India and the United Kingdom. That experience includes supporting clients with a broad range of life and relationship difficulties.

What credentials and region apply to her practice?

She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international work does she offer?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the current session options before booking.

How do fees and payment work?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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