Julie James

Julie James is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of practice. She works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem difficulties, grief and coping with life changes, and supports people living with ADHD. Julie also focuses on communication problems, isolation and loneliness, panic attacks, self-love and life purpose concerns.

Her style blends Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Humanistic Person-Centred counselling. She has also studied Transactional Analysis to better understand how people relate to one another. In sessions she adapts these approaches to the issues a person brings, using practical steps and conversational reflection.

Julie aims to help people build confidence when facing change. She offers ways to manage anxious thoughts and reduce panic symptoms. For bereavement and loss she combines practical coping strategies with space to talk about feelings.

The work is collaborative and usually focuses on here-and-now problems. Julie uses CBT techniques to identify thinking patterns and Person-Centred ideas to support someone to speak openly. Transactional Analysis helps highlight relationship patterns that affect daily life.

Clients can expect straightforward tools to notice and reframe unhelpful thoughts and short exercises to try between sessions. She also looks at communication habits that can increase isolation and offers alternatives to practise. If someone is unsure about next steps, Julie helps them form small, realistic changes to test in everyday life.

Therapeutic approaches and online working

Julie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. CBT includes practical exercises and short experiments to try between sessions, which can help with anxiety, panic symptoms and low self-esteem.

She also uses Humanistic Person-Centred counselling, which focuses on listening and reflecting so a person can talk through feelings and consider what matters to them. Transactional Analysis is used to map patterns in how people relate to others and to spot repetitive interaction styles that cause stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Julie will discuss options with each person and agree what to try based on their needs, goals and preferences. That decision is made together and may change as work progresses.

Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can use these formats to keep therapy consistent with daily life and responsibilities.