Gillian Gillette (she/her)

Overwhelmed, easily stressed, "bothered", and shutting down in noisy places even if it's a place you thought you wanted to be? All you smell -feel-touch-taste is "too much" and people think you're exaggerating? Highly sensitive people often have high levels of perception and intuition about everything going on "in the room" which can feel traumatizing if you grew up in difficult family circumstances or you don't feel like your sensitivity is understood and respected.

Is a child coming into your life? Processing birth trauma/fears can help with postpartum and parenting experiences. New baby causing stress in your relationship? The conscious or unconscious roles we are taking on, our expectations, and disappointments can pile onto missed sleep and changing hormones to deliver a wallop! It may seem hard to find the time for self-care, but online therapy is a place where I can meet you where you are. (Individuals or couples).

Apart from the difficulties of day-to-day living with chronic illness, there are often unprocessed wounds that affect us and our relationships. The trauma from diagnosis is not un-identified but it can really be an important part of your story. You may be experiencing anticipatory grief, guilt, anger, and shame that is affecting you but seems to have no place or space in the medical world that you live in. A safe space to talk about this with someone experienced and knowledgeable could help.

Exploring our attachment styles and becoming conscious of how they affect the "relationship dance" with others can be truly eye-opening and helpful in making desired changes in how we act and react. There are ways to explore this: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), relational work, couples therapy, or with individuals looking to make changes in their next relationship.

Exploring our attachment styles and becoming conscious of how they affect the "relationship dance" with others can be truly eye-opening and helpful in making desired changes in how we act and react. There are ways to explore this: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), relational work, couples therapy, or with individuals looking to make changes in their next relationship. No one else is the "expert" in your relationship but you and your partner(s)but therapy can help you figure it out more/better.

Exploring our attachment styles and becoming conscious of how they affect the "relationship dance" with others can be truly eye-opening and helpful in making desired changes in how we act and react. There are ways to explore this: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), relational work, couples therapy, or with individuals looking to make changes in their next relationship. No one else is the "expert" in your relationship but you and your partner(s)but therapy can help you figure it out more/better.

Using non-hierarchal, collaborative, consciousness-raising therapy we can often uncover what we thought was only a personal wound to discover the political, connectional, and intersectional aspects of our lives and how we have fit in the world with the feminine gender. Empowerment and action, however small, creates change and can bring us hope.

Using non-hierarchal, collaborative, consciousness-raising therapy we can often uncover what we thought was only a personal wound to discover the political, connectional, and intersectional aspects of our lives and how we have fit in the world with the feminine gender. Empowerment and action, however small, creates change and can bring us hope.

Sometimes what you think you're supposed to want is not what you really want and you can't seem to make definite choices, leading to stress/anxiety. Sometimes entering a healthy dialogue with ourselves to overcome ambivalence is easier to do with a therapist using motivational interviewing techniques. Problem-solving and decision-making become clearer with an exploration of all sides of an issue, with more perspectives, and with some supportive coaching.

Using non-hierarchal, collaborative, consciousness-raising therapy we can often uncover what we thought was only a personal wound to discover the political, connectional, and intersectional aspects of our lives and how we have fit in the world with the feminine gender. Empowerment and action, however small, create change and can bring us hope.

Sometimes what you think you're supposed to want is not what you really want and you can't seem to make definite choices, leading to stress/anxiety. Sometimes entering a healthy dialogue with ourselves to overcome ambivalence is easier to do with a therapist using motivational interviewing techniques. Problem-solving and decision-making become clearer with an exploration of all sides of an issue, with more perspectives, and with some supportive coaching.

Sometimes what you think you're supposed to want is not what you really want and you can't seem to make definite choices, leading to stress/anxiety. Sometimes entering a healthy dialogue with ourselves to overcome ambivalence is easier to do with a therapist using motivational interviewing techniques. Problem-solving and decision-making become clearer with an exploration of all sides of an issue, with more perspectives, and with some supportive coaching.