About Julia
Julia Slek is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who offers a calm, listening presence for people dealing with loss, stress, anxiety and related difficulties. She uses a person-centred approach and aims to help people talk through what matters to them and find a way forward.
Julia has five years' experience and holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has focused work in bereavement counselling and palliative care, supporting people facing life-limiting illness and the practical and emotional impacts of loss.
Background and approach
Her sessions are grounded in a person-centred style where the client’s experience guides the pace and focus of therapy. She also integrates Trauma-Focused Therapy when past hurts are affecting present life, and draws on Imago Relationship Therapy ideas when relationship patterns come up in sessions. Julia works in English, Russian and Ukrainian, and provides in-person, online and phone sessions.
International clients are not currently accepted. Practical details such as scheduling are managed through a subscription system that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then book a session according to the therapist’s availability.
This process helps match people to someone who fits their needs and preferences.
What Julia works with
Everything Julia lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Julia is listed here; the rest shows what else Julia works with.
- Grief
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Julia lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Julia uses Client-Centred Therapy, which means sessions focus on the person’s own experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely and helps people clarify thoughts and feelings, which can be helpful for grief, low mood and stress.She also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events are affecting daily life. This approach looks at how difficult memories shape behaviour and feelings, and works at a pace agreed with the client to reduce their impact.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Julia will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adjust methods as they learn what helps most. Together they decide whether a person-centred focus, trauma work or relationship-pattern work is the best next step.
Practical benefits of remote sessions depend on the options offered, so confirm current session formats before booking. Online or phone appointments can make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or medical appointments. Phone calls can be a shorter check-in when time or bandwidth is limited, while online sessions allow face-to-face discussion without travel. These options are useful for keeping regular contact and making therapy part of everyday life.
Questions people ask about Julia
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Julia supports people coping with grief, stress, anxiety, depression and addictions, as well as relationship and intimacy concerns and body image or eating issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She works in a person-centred way, listening and following the client’s lead while offering ideas when useful. Trauma-Focused Therapy and Imago Relationship Therapy ideas are used when past trauma or relationship patterns are part of the issue.
How much experience does she bring?
Julia has five years of practical experience working with bereavement, palliative care and emotional difficulties linked to loss and life changes.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Russian and Ukrainian.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time; sessions are offered to people within the United Kingdom.
How are sessions organised and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with Julia?
Use the Start Therapy button, fill in a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapist’s availability.
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