About Julie
Julie Kirk is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief and loss, and parenting challenges. Julie aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgement.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. She listens first and helps people clarify what matters to them. Sessions may include straightforward techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
How Julie works
Motivational interviewing methods help when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Julie also uses client-centred and narrative approaches to help people make sense of life events and past experiences. That can be useful for relationship strain, family of origin issues, or feelings of emptiness.
Solution-focused ideas are used to set small, achievable goals and notice progress between sessions. She has worked with people dealing with anger, self-esteem, sleeping problems, career uncertainty, bipolar, ADHD and the pressures of caregiving. Additional areas of focus include abandonment, attachment difficulties, blended family concerns, body image and recovery after domestic violence or separation.
Julie speaks English and practises with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP. She offers sessions online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
Julie lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Julie works with
The areas below are the ones Julie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Julie’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps when someone needs empathy, acceptance and a place to make sense of feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. That can be useful for anxiety, low mood and sleeping problems. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and is useful when motivation feels low or uncertain.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Julie will discuss needs, goals and preferences and suggest techniques that fit. That conversation is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made or new issues arise.
Online sessions include video calls, phone appointments, live chat and text messaging. Video works well for face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are convenient for brief updates or when someone prefers written communication. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, family and other commitments.
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