Just Julie Counselling

Description

I specialise in supporting couples and individuals through life's transitions, big and small. Perhaps you are having to adapt to a new role and struggling with adjusting to the reality of that, and can't seem to find a way of the fog and confusion? Or perhaps you've had a really difficult traumatic experience which has left you constantly on edge, with intrusive flashbacks and reliving the experience, leaving you struggling to move on with your life? Or perhaps becoming parents, or just thinking about it, has contributed to a lack of intimacy, communication and trust in your key relationships?

I have a particular interest in supporting parents and prospective parents through birth, parenting and pregnancy, but people come to me for many reasons - anxiety, depression and low mood, loss of self-confidence, family and parenting disagreements, relationship breakdown, and lots more.

There are no 'shoulds' or 'musts' in counselling with me, and I work from what is often called a 'person-centred' approach, which means that I will never try to tell you what you to do, or insist that my way is the right way. You know yourself and your circumstances much better than I do (even if it doesn't feel like it currently). So I will listen and help you to explore what feels important to you for as long as you need.

I can suggest and help you practice techniques and tools to help you cope outside of therapy sessions. When you feel ready, we can discuss options and alternative courses of action. I cannot take away difficult and traumatic experiences entirely but I can help you process them safely using specialist memory re-processing techniques, and I will support you in getting to a place where you feel you can see a way forward.