About Julie
Julie Gates is a counsellor who draws on client-centred and psychodynamic ideas to help people facing anxiety, stress and low self esteem. She works with adults, young people and parents or carers. Her practical, gentle manner aims to make talking about difficult feelings easier.
Julie has five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation. She uses simple, straightforward language in sessions and invites clients to describe what matters most to them.
Background and approach
That helps shape short-term goals and longer term work. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns. These include depression, relationship and family difficulties, grief, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, and challenges linked to parenting or caring roles.
She also supports people with ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and intimacy-related issues. Julie blends client-centred listening with psychodynamic reflection to uncover patterns that keep problems repeating. She also uses solution-focused techniques to build practical steps and coping strategies.
Mindfulness and creative exercises are sometimes included to suit the person’s needs. Sessions aim to be calm and supportive, with the counsellor guiding rather than directing. People come for both brief problem-solving work and deeper exploration of past patterns.
Julie encourages small, achievable changes so daily life feels more manageable.
Online counselling using client-centred and solution-focused tools
Julie uses client-centred therapy to create a listening space where people can talk about what matters to them. This approach focuses on the person’s experience and aims to help them feel heard and understood, which is useful for anxiety, stress and self esteem concerns.She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to notice repeating patterns and early influences that affect current feelings. This can help when problems keep returning or when people want to understand why they react in certain ways. Solution-focused therapy is used to build practical steps and short-term goals, such as managing worry or improving communication in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julie will talk with clients about their needs, goals and preferences and choose methods together. That collaborative process helps decide whether to focus on problem-solving, exploration of patterns, or a mix of both.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit counselling around work, school or caring commitments. Phone sessions can suit quick check-ins or lower bandwidth needs, while messaging and live chat are useful for shorter reflections between calls. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when preferred, giving flexibility and accessibility for different circumstances.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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