Julie Shankly

Julie Shankly is a counsellor with 21 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression and issues in close relationships. She aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion, and she adapts conversations to each person's needs.

Julie often works with people facing family conflict, intimacy concerns, parenting stress and career pressures. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma and abuse, eating or sleeping difficulties, and the effects of chronic illness or caregiving. Her work includes help for people dealing with ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and compassion fatigue.

Her approach draws on several counselling methods so she can match the work to the client. Sessions might include client-centred listening to help someone feel heard, cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking, and solution-focused steps to try between meetings. She also uses psychodynamic thinking and hypnotherapy where appropriate.

Julie keeps the process practical. She will tailor goals and the pace to what each person wants. She encourages small, manageable steps that fit daily life, and she checks progress as therapy continues.

Starting therapy begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling. Julie supports international clients and conducts work in English. If someone wants to begin, they are invited to use the Start Therapy button to complete the initial form and book a session.

How Julie’s approaches translate to online work

Julie uses client-centred therapy to listen and respond to what matters most to each person; this approach focuses on understanding and building a helpful relationship. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is used to spot patterns in thoughts and behaviours and to try practical experiments that can reduce anxiety and low mood. Hypnotherapy may be offered as a technique to help people access relaxation and focus when that suits their goals.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Julie will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adjust the methods used as therapy progresses. This collaborative process helps decide whether a reflective, skills-based or brief solution-focused route is best for the issues presented.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also suit people who prefer sitting in a familiar environment while they talk, or who need approaches that focus on practical exercises between sessions. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists, often combine approaches to suit the client's everyday life and goals.