Julia Mitchell
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About me
Therapeutic Counsellor
A holding hand for anxiety, depression, low mood & life transitions.
Welcome, and thank you for visiting my profile.
As an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), I provide a safe and open landscape which aims to quieten the voice generated by historic unmet needs.
My approach is collaborative and considerate to what feels right for you, whether that involves creative intervention work or simply sharing the emotional load through talking, exploration, and reflection.
Unravel experiences which have become coded in your nervous system.
I work using a phased framework to support your journey:
1. Stabilization & Safety: Building a strong foundation and increasing your sense of safety.
2. Processing & Resolution: Supporting you to safely explore and resolve difficult or traumatic memories.
3. Integration & Embodiment: Aiding you in integrating these insights so you can move forward in life with clarity and confidence.
Our First Session
Our initial session is a gentle opportunity to:
- Gain a sense of the counselling environment and see how it feels to work together.
- Discuss potential focus areas and explore your therapeutic goals.
- Establish how we can best build our therapeutic alliance.
Location & Options
I offer sessions both in-person and online:
- In-Person: Hosted within a dedicated counselling suite at Queens House in central Barnstaple (close to the bus station with nearby parking available), offering a peaceful separation from home.
- Online: Conducted remotely from 'The Counselling Cabin'.
I am wondering what brought you to seek support at this time, and how you might prefer to meet? Please feel free to reply with any questions you may have or to share a few dates and times that suit you for an initial session.
Training, qualifications & experience
BACP - Accred. (Accreditation is a quality status for experienced practitioners who can demonstrate high standards of competent and ethical practice)
Core Training
- CPCAB level 5 Working Somatically with Trauma in Therapeutic Practice
- CPCAB level 4 Diploma Therapeutic Counselling
- EMDR Europe Training - parts 1, 2 & 3
- BSP UK -Brainspotting Phase 1
- New Skills Academy CBT Diploma
- NCFE Diploma Social Care (Working with young people with behavioural & emotional needs)
- TQUK Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health Problems
- Association of Integrative Sandtray - Foundation Diploma in Integrative Sandtray Therapy
Additional Specialised Studies:
- Working with Dissociative Disorder / Working with Stuck Trauma / Working with Shame / Child Sexual Abuse - Hope for Healing (Carolyn Spring training)
- Certificate in Online & Telephone Counselling (Counselling Tutor training)
- Understanding and Treating Complex PTSD / Understanding ADHD and Anxiety / Treating Intrusive Thoughts and Inner Critics (MindBody Breakthrough)
- A Clinical Guide to Reparenting, Repair & Trauma Recover (The Counselling Academy)
Vocational Experiences
- Private Practice operating from 2020 with consistent growth in client care
- Agency & Provider Work: Counselling facilitation for Victim Support, Nuffield Health, Bupa, Vitality, and others
- Part of the Spill.Chat team - The UK's highest rated EAP
- Trauma-Informed Care: Historic experience across dedicated trauma service provisions
Due Diligence & Proffesional Standards
- Full indemnity insurance & ICO Registration with annual renewal service
- Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Registered with annual renewal service
- Member organisations: BACP (registration number 382795), Trauma Aid UK + EMDR UK
Ongoing personal growth and professional knowledge are paramount to our work together. To support this, I regularly attend workshops and advanced training to inform my practice and ensure high standards of competent, ethical care.
Member organisations
school 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.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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
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Therapeutic Approach & Specialisms
I have a specialist interest in incorporating a somatic approach, exploring the deep connection between mind and body. Grounded in the work of Peter Levine, this approach recognizes that trauma is not simply a psychological event, but a physiological response when the nervous system becomes "stuck." If you feel that traditional talk therapy has reached its limits, a somatic approach can enable you to tap into new resources held within the body.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Please feel free to contact me via voice mail, text or email with any further inquiries. I work full time as a counselling professional and this is my primary field of work.
Counselling session: 55 minutes
Online sessions using Google Meet
Further information
Other areas of counselling I deal with:
- Panic Attacks + Negative Patterns of Thinking
- Self-esteem / Confidence + Loss of Identity
- Relationship / Family / Parenting issues
- Generalised /Anxiety Disorder + Social Anxiety Disorder
- Work Place Stress / Burnout (overburden V understimulation)
Counselling can Help to:
- Support and improve stabilization
- Bring clarity to complex areas of your life
- Gently process traumatic life experiences
- Develop practical techniques to cope with difficult situations
- Work through complex emotions to foster personal growth
EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensensitisation and Reprocessing)
How it works: During EMDR, clients recall a traumatic event while simultaneously making eye movements, tapping their body, or listening to sounds. The goal is to enable the reprocessing of the memory and simultaneously change the negative way you think about it. Repairing a neuropathway.
For more information please refer to: https://emdrassociation.org.uk/
