Julia Harvey, BACP

Julia Harvey is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and low energy. She works with those struggling with self-esteem, work and career difficulties, sleep and eating problems, anger and depression. Julia also supports people dealing with long-term health issues and compassion fatigue. She describes therapy as a step towards finding balance and renewed motivation.

Julia is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, with twenty years of professional experience. She creates an open space where clients can speak without judgment. Her approach is collaborative and practical, aiming to help people take small steps that make a difference in daily life.

She uses holistic health counselling alongside coaching to look at the whole person. Sessions focus on increasing self-awareness and reconnecting with intuition so clients can take back control. Julia encourages clients to become curious investigators of their own experience rather than simply receiving solutions.

Her work has included supporting people through grief and loss, adoption and foster care issues, family of origin concerns, and age-related challenges. She has also worked with those managing chronic pain, illness and disability, fertility worries, and cancer-related stress.

Julia has written about her own recovery from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and shares practical steps she found helpful. That perspective informs how she works alongside people who feel overwhelmed by illness, stress or life change. She invites newcomers to take the first step and explore what would be most useful for them.

How client-centred and mindfulness approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person at the heart of the process. The counsellor listens without judging and follows the client's pace, helping people find their own solutions to stress, grief and life changes.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to notice thoughts and bodily sensations. It can help reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and make overwhelming feelings easier to manage by focusing on the present moment.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt sessions as things change. This is a collaborative process aimed at matching methods to a person's needs rather than imposing a single way of working.

Session formats for this counsellor are not specified here, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time, and check in from a quieter place. Some people prefer shorter conversations at lunchtime while others like a longer weekly hour; practical arrangements can be adjusted to suit everyday life.