Julia Brooker

• Anxiety and stress
• Depression and grief
• LGBT and identity

About Julia

Julia Brooker helps people work through anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, trauma, addiction and life changes using person-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches. She is a BACP member and has around 11 years of professional experience in the UK. Julia writes simply and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions.

Her work is person-centred, which means the client directs the conversation and the counsellor follows their lead. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviour patterns. Sessions often concentrate on small, manageable changes rather than large, immediate overhauls.

Julia supports people dealing with relationship strain, grief, parenting pressures, workplace stress and issues connected to identity, including LGBT concerns. She also works with people facing longer-term challenges such as bipolar symptoms, chronic illness, or caregiving stress. Where relevant, she addresses difficulties like sleep, eating, anger and intimacy-related concerns.

Her approach combines talking, practical exercises and straightforward reflection. Clients can expect a focus on clear goals and coping strategies to use in everyday life. She explains techniques and offers simple tools so people can practise new skills between sessions.

Julia practices in the United Kingdom and conducts her work in English. She asks people to use the site’s matching process to arrange an initial appointment and to confirm the current session options before booking.

Therapeutic approaches used in remote counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them and to identify values to guide action; it can help with stress, anxiety and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early attachments influence current difficulties, which can be useful for intimacy, trust and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical techniques to reduce distress and build coping skills.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor and client will discuss needs, goals and preferences and decide together which methods to try. This collaborative process helps make sessions relevant to everyday problems and priorities.

Please confirm the exact session formats before booking as the biography does not specify them. Online sessions can help fit counselling around work, family and other commitments and can make shorter check-ins or weekly meetings easier to arrange. They also allow practical exercises and homework to be reviewed between meetings, so new skills can be practised in real situations.

Topics Julia lists

• Stress and anxiety
• LGBT
• Self-esteem
• Coping with life changes
• ADHD
• Addictions
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Co-morbidity
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• 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
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexual dysfunction
• Sexuality
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Somatization
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Existential Therapy
• Gottman Method
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Julia

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed among her main areas of work and she uses CBT tools to address unhelpful thinking patterns.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She offers person-centred counselling alongside cognitive behavioural techniques and draws on other approaches as needed.

How much experience does she have?

She has about 11 years of professional experience working in the UK.

Is she accredited and where is she based?

She is a BACP member and works in the United Kingdom.

Which languages can sessions be held in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions are provided via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Click the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.