Julia Wilkinson, BACP

Julia Wilkinson is a BACP counsellor who focuses on helping people navigate midlife and other major life changes. She aims to make the first steps feel more manageable. She emphasises practical support and uses clients' strengths to help them move forward.

Clients can expect a straightforward, down-to-earth approach in sessions. Julia encourages people to tell their story in their own words and works from there. She talks through current struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and compassion fatigue, and helps people find clearer ways to cope.

Her practice also covers a wide range of related concerns. These include grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and anger and self-esteem difficulties. She also works with neurodiversity and long-term health challenges like chronic pain and illness.

Julia blends several practical therapy approaches to suit each person. She draws on methods that help with thinking patterns, emotional regulation and personal values so people can set realistic goals and try new behaviours. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and small steps to get there.

With seven years of experience, Julia uses her background to support people through transitions such as ageing, adoption and foster care questions, and attachment or abandonment concerns. She stresses collaboration and respects each person’s pace while helping them build coping skills and clearer choices.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps towards those values, which can be useful for midlife change and uncertainty. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying practical experiments to change patterns, often helping with anxiety, depression and sleep issues. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape current ways of relating, which can help with intimacy and abandonment concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and how you respond to different techniques. Together you will decide which methods to use and adjust them as progress is made, making the process collaborative rather than fixed.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also allows focus on specific skills such as mindfulness exercises or behavioural experiments that can be practised between sessions, helping people apply changes to everyday routines.