Julia Brooker
Person-centred counsellor using CBT methods
About Julia
Julia Brooker works from a person-centred approach and draws on cognitive behavioural methods to help people manage anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and addiction. She is presented as a warm, practical counsellor who focuses on clear goals and simple strategies. Julia holds BACP accreditation which reflects her professional registration in the UK.
She offers a calm space to talk about painful experiences including trauma, abuse and grief. Sessions emphasise the person's perspective and priorities so they set the pace and aims.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioural techniques are used alongside this to identify unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour. Julia has eleven years of experience supporting people through life transitions, career pressures and long-term conditions such as chronic pain. She also works with concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, and compassion fatigue.
Her practice includes support around intimacy, relationships, communication problems and addiction-related difficulties. Practical tools are a common part of her approach. She helps people notice small, manageable changes that can reduce stress and build confidence.
Sessions can include skill-building, behaviour experiments and simple planning to make daily life feel more manageable. Julia works with adults across a wide range of challenges and aims to create a steady, respectful working relationship. She uses everyday language and a straightforward style so people can focus on making progress without jargon.
What Julia works with
How Julia works
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Sessions & fees
How Julia's approaches work online
Julia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy in online work. ACT helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then focus on chosen values and small committed actions. This approach can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life changes.Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens closely and follows the person's agenda, supporting self-understanding and clearer choices. This style suits people who want a respectful, non-directive space to talk through difficult experiences such as grief or trauma.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods over time to suit each person's needs. This shared decision-making helps build a practical plan for progress.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to give flexibility. Video works well for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat and messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring commitments and travel.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 11 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
