About me
FIRSTLY, ABOUT YOU...
Are your feelings, relationships or situation becoming unbearable? You might be struggling with anxiety or depression; or intense emotions like anger, sadness, jealousy, guilt, or shame. Maybe relationships just don't work for you or you're caught in obsessive thoughts? Or you're not sure what's wrong, just that something doesn’t feel right.
Do you long to feel more at peace, more sure of who you are and what you need? Or more confident to go and seek it? Maybe you’re simply feeling lost. We all need support sometimes.
When you begin counselling, you don’t need to have it anything figured out. Just come as you are. Bring as much or as little as you like and, gently, we’ll explore what’s troubling you. Together, we can make sense of it, so you can start to feel better and move forward.
ABOUT ME
I am a psychotherapist working in private practice in central London and online. I work with most issues and have a special interest in three areas (which sometimes overlap):
(1) Patterns that repeat in your life or feel impossible to change. First, we work to make your situation more bearable. Then we can look at what you want to change about yourself and your relationships.
(2) Working with adults who have faced abuse, neglect or other trauma. About half of my clients at any one time have faced trauma, abuse or neglect, often as a child or young person. If there are past experiences which trouble you, we can explore how these affect you now. We do this at your own pace and only if you want to.
(3) People who dissociate including depersonalisation and derealisation or who may have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD).
If you have identity issues, please also read the "Other Areas" section as you scroll down.
My training & experience
I am trained to Level 7. (Most professional bodies allow counsellors to practice with a Level 3 or 4 qualification.) I have 40 years' experience in providing various forms of therapy, counselling, mentoring and individual support.
I am a member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD) and recently joined the Steering Committee of the UK branch.
I have specialist training to work with traumatic bereavement and undertook 80 hours of training to work online safely and effectively.
Living and working with people facing difficulties has always been part of my life. I started by counselling employees in the City (London) who were having problems with lifestyle issues. I have been a volunteer counsellor for people who have lost a pregnancy, baby or child, including through miscarriage or termination; for people facing domestic abuse; and for people who have a lost a family member in a road crash or been traumatised themselves.
I have lived and worked with young offenders and people with addictions. I set up and ran an online support group for people with gender identity issues and have worked with services dealing with welfare rights, human rights violations, mental health problems and disabilities.
Training, qualifications & experience
Core counselling training (level 7)
Master of Arts (MA) with distinction in Contemporary Therapeutic Counselling
Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling
Diploma in Counselling
(University of Hertfordshire)
Specialist counselling training
Trauma and traumatic bereavement (Road Victims Trust)
Online & telephone counselling
Other qualifications
Master of Arts (University of Oxford)
Forms of therapy
My core training is in person-centred therapy (1 year) and psychodynamic therapy (5 years) based principally on object relations and attachment theory. As well as psychodynamic therapy and trauma work, I can deliver CBT-style therapy as part of a wider therapeutic framework, but am not trained in manualised CBT. Please see my website for more.
As a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), I am committed to on-going professional development and work within their Code of Ethics. I hold comprehensive civil liability insurance and have been Enhanced DBS checked to work with vulnerable adults and children.
Member organisations
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I have particular experience of working with people who identify as transgender or are questioning their gender identity. I also enjoy helping people to find their own, unique identity and place in the world, sometimes related to ethnicity, disability, gender or sexuality.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 - £85.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
- Face to face therapy – £85 per session
- Online therapy – £70 per session
Sessions last 50 minutes and are weekly at the same time each week. If you are not sure about starting counselling, you can book a free 25-minute phone or video consultation or request a 50-minute Introductory Session at a reduced fee. This will give you the chance to talk about what you would like from counselling and get the feel of what it is like to have a session at the venue you choose (or online).
Start this week. To book an introductory session, contact me at julinecounselling.com/contact/ or click on the blue 'Message Me' button at the top of this page. Or call/text me on 07963 740048.
When I work
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Sessions are on Mon-Thurs. Start times: 12:00-20:00 UK time. I can sometimes provide sessions or initial consultations outside of these hours.
Further information
Much more about my services - please go to my website julinecounselling.com
Locations - I currently work online and in central London as follows:
Online - I work via encrypted video link and telephone and have thorough training to ensure safe and effective working.
Bloomsbury WC1A - The counselling rooms are next to the British Museum. The nearest tube stations are Holborn, Tottenham Court Road, Goodge Street and Russell Square (Central Line, Piccadilly Line & Northern Line).
Camden NW1 - The counselling rooms are in Camden High Street next to Camden Town tube station and within walking distance of Kings Cross & St. Pancras stations.
Contact me - You can contact me by phone (07963 740048 - text or leave a voicemail) or email (blue 'Message Me' button on this page). You can also check my website for a lot more information and contact me using the contact page there: https://julinecounselling.com/contact/
For relatives, carers and friends - Please feel free to contact me on someone's behalf. I will need confirmation from the person wanting counselling before I arrange a meeting.
Disability access - please see the 'Accessibility' section above.
Arranging to meet - We can hold a FREE 25-minute video or phone consultation. Or arrange a reduced-fee Introductory Session. Here we can talk about what help you would like and answer any questions you may have. You are not under any obligation to continue.
