About Julie
Julie Shankly is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 21 years of professional experience and a BACP registration. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and depression, and supports those facing relationship and intimacy concerns. Julie aims to meet each person with respect and sensitivity, and she adapts conversations to what feels most useful for the individual.
Julie draws on a mix of practical and reflective methods in sessions.
How Julie works
She uses client-centred ways of working to create a non-judgemental space where people can speak openly. She also offers cognitive behavioural techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Her practice includes support for grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around body image, eating and sleeping.
She also works with people navigating career challenges, compassion fatigue, parenting strain and sudden life changes. Julie has experience addressing neurodiversity-related concerns such as autism and ADHD as part of a wider treatment plan. Sessions can cover practical steps, emotional processing, and clearer communication strategies.
Julie will tailor the pace and focus to each person’s circumstances. She encourages honest conversation and sets goals together to track progress. People can expect straightforward language and a calm, steady presence in sessions.
Julie aims to make the process as manageable as possible for those taking their first step into therapy.
Julie lists 7 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. The therapist reflects concerns back, helps someone clarify their feelings, and supports them to find their own solutions. This approach suits people who need a respectful, non-judgemental space to talk.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and simple experiments to shift unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Hypnotherapy can be used alongside other approaches to help with relaxation and to access different ways of thinking about a problem.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julie will discuss options with each person and agree on a plan together based on needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process means an approach can be adjusted as things change.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls work well for deeper conversation and visual rapport. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit more easily into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections and ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats help make therapy easier to fit into everyday life.
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