it's often to have helpful to have some sort of minor distraction present so she doesn't feel cornered with your eye contact. Focusing on a minor task when you have cute animals to look at lessens the pressure and anxiety of the topic you may want to discuss. Just don't dump it all on her at once. Have her help as part of a routine and ease into it.

I have 3 teen boys that have the attention span of a gnat. When the dogs need to be run / exercised, they can actually focus on that and have fun doing it.