Counsellor profile
Julia Harvey, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and parenting concerns
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- Client-Centred Therapy
- Mindfulness techniques
- Coaching for motivation
About Julia
Julia Harvey is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with over 20 years of professional experience. She focuses on common pressures at home and work, including stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, career concerns, relationship and family worries, and difficulties with sleep, eating and anger.
Julia helps people who feel out of balance or exhausted to identify what is draining them. She uses straightforward conversation and listening to clarify priorities and practical next steps. She also offers coaching-style support for motivation and managing long-term health or work pressures.
Her practice draws on client-centred ways of working, which put the person’s experiences and choices at the centre of each session. She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice patterns, calm racing thoughts, and develop steadier attention in daily life.
Julia writes about recovery from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and practical coping strategies. Her fourth book, The Way of the Boomerang, outlines a six-step roadmap informed by her own experience of chronic illness and recovery. The book mixes personal story with practical suggestions aimed at people dealing with illness, stress or ongoing life strain.
She describes her role as walking alongside clients while they investigate what matters to them. To begin, she asks straightforward questions and works with each person to agree small, doable steps they can try between sessions.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-centred therapy places the person's experience at the heart of each session. Online sessions using this approach focus on the individual's concerns, values and choices, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help the person clarify what matters most. This is useful for stress, relationship worries and life changes.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Online sessions can introduce short mindfulness exercises and discuss how to use them between meetings to manage anxiety, sleep problems or persistent low energy.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to test what helps, adjust techniques, and agree practical next steps that fit their goals and preferences.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, for example shorter check-ins between appointments, sessions that avoid needing to travel, or options that do not require being on camera. Registered or accredited professionals can work this way to help people keep therapy manageable alongside family and work commitments.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
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What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, career and relationship worries, family-related concerns, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, depression and coping with life changes.
What style of therapy does she use?
She uses client-centred therapy to focus on the person's experience and mindfulness therapy to help manage thoughts and attention.
How much experience does she have?
Julia has over 20 years of professional experience working with people on a range of health, relationship and life stress issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people from other countries work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.