About Julie
Julie Shankly is a counsellor who has practised in the United Kingdom for 21 years and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or family struggles. Julie aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion as she helps them take the next steps.
Julie adapts conversations and plans to each person's circumstances. She focuses on what matters most to the person sitting in front of her and sets clear, practical goals together.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on helping people feel steadier and more able to cope. Her work covers issues from grief and trauma to problems with intimacy and eating or sleeping. Julie also supports people dealing with career pressures, caregiving strain and the challenges that come with life changes.
LGBT concerns are included among the topics she addresses. Over time Julie has built a practice that combines listening with techniques aimed at shifting unhelpful patterns. She uses methods that encourage people to try new ways of thinking and relating, and to practise different skills between sessions.
Many people come for short-term focussed help, while others stay longer to look at deeper patterns. When someone is ready to begin, Julie asks a few questions to match the work to their needs. She explains options plainly and works collaboratively on a plan.
The aim is to make therapy an understandable and manageable part of everyday life.
What Julie works with
Everything Julie lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Julie is listed here; the rest shows what else Julie works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Julie lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Julie's approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the work. The therapist listens closely, follows what matters to the person, and helps build on their own strengths and choices. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and uses specific exercises to break unhelpful cycles; it can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Julie will talk with you about your goals, preferences and day-to-day needs and will suggest approaches that fit. Decisions about which methods to use are made together and can change as the work progresses.
The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around a busy life, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to keep therapy going when routines or locations change, while the therapist and client adapt pace and focus together.
Questions people ask about Julie
What concerns does Julie commonly help with?
Julie supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or family difficulties. Her work also covers trauma, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems and career or caregiving strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is respectful and practical, combining attentive listening with techniques to change unhelpful patterns. Sessions focus on clear goals and skills that can be tried between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location information are relevant?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts clients internationally.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin therapy?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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