Julie Shankly, BACP
Julie Shankly is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 21 years of professional experience and a BACP registration.
About Julie
Julie Shankly is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 21 years of professional experience and a BACP registration. She offers straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or family tensions. She also helps with trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, eating and sleep difficulties, and challenges around self-esteem and career change.
Julie works in a respectful and compassionate way. She listens first and then shapes conversations to fit each person's needs.
Background and approach
Her style is direct and calm, with an emphasis on practical steps as well as understanding feelings. Her background includes a range of approaches, so sessions can include goal-focused techniques alongside deeper talking work. People often use her sessions to sort immediate problems, build coping skills, or make sense of past hurts.
Julie is comfortable addressing complex issues such as ADHD, chronic illness, caregiver stress, bereavement and dissociation. She also offers help with specific relationship concerns like commitment, communication and blended family stress. She accepts international clients and runs sessions in English.
If someone prefers a brief check-in, longer conversation, or ongoing support, Julie adapts the format to match what the person needs.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 383275 | February 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Julie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- 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
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Ways of working Julie names
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How Julie’s approaches work in online therapy
Julie uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people process upsetting events and reduce their ongoing impact. This approach focuses on understanding how past experiences affect current reactions and on building ways to feel and function better in daily life.She also draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which means conversations are shaped around the person's priorities. The counsellor listens with empathy and helps people find their own solutions and strengths.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is another common element of her work and is useful for tackling worry, low mood and unhelpful thinking. CBT looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and offers practical tools to change them.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Julie will work collaboratively to decide what fits best with a person's goals and preferences, adjusting as progress is made.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can offer a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Julie help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family tensions, grief, eating and sleeping problems, and issues around self-esteem and career change.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Julie blends listening with practical steps. She shapes conversations to each person's needs and uses both short-term goals and deeper talking work.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location apply?
Julie is registered with the BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
Can I have sessions in other languages or from other countries?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Julie?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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