About me
Julie is an BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, Accredited EMDR Practitioner and a Senior Clinical Hypnotherapist working at her private practice in Darlington, North East England.
Offering therapy to individuals either on a private basis or by referral from GP's, Employee Assistance Programme’s or organisations.
Julie prides herself on the ability to be flexible in the approaches she uses, customising sessions to best suit the needs and expectations of the client.
Every individual's circumstances, experiences and life stories are very different. I take care not to make judgements. I listen as your feelings, thoughts and experiences; supporting you through difficult times, helping you to become more aware of your situation, to support you to make desired changes/decisions and offering you encouragement on your journey.
Training, qualifications & experience
Julie is an Accredited Member of the BACP (British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists). She holds a Diploma in Counselling, Degree in Psychology, Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy, EMDR Accredited Practitioner, Foundation Course in CBT and Certificate in Supervision.
Julie has voluntary experience at Cruse Bereavement Care and Place2Be. She has worked on a Condition Management Programme (funded by the NHS in association with Job Centre Plus and Mind), counselling clients through a number of modules: Anger Management, Managing Stress/Anxiety & Panic Attacks, Emotional & Psychological Wellbeing and Conquering Depression. Julie also worked within schools with children and young persons between the ages of 4-16.
In private practice Julie has worked with a variety of topics, which include: relationships, work & lifestyle, confidence & self esteem, relaxation, combating phobias, understanding self & others, and personal goals.
Julie is trained in Person Centred / Humanistic therapy and also incorporates techniques from CBT and Solution Focussed Therapy. Julie offers both short term and longer term work.
Member organisations
Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership

Accredited Register Scheme
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.

Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
Please visit my website for my fees.
www.symmetrytherapy.co.uk
Counselling - Counselling Supervision - Hypnotherapy - EMDR
Reduced rates available for trainee counsellors seeking personal development hours.
Further information
Convenient free parking directly outside the Business Centre. Symmetry Therapy is located in the West End of town, 15 minutes walk from Darlington town centre.