Julia Woods

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Attachment-based work

About Julia

Julia Woods helps people work through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and motivation. She uses a collaborative, person-centred way of working and believes clients know their own stories. Julia is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has six years' professional experience.

In sessions she listens and reflects, then offers practical ways to understand feelings and patterns. She draws on client-centred ideas to follow what matters to the person in the room. She also uses attachment-based and emotion-focused approaches to look at relationship patterns and how past experience affects current reactions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy methods feature when helping with unhelpful thoughts and behaviour. Mindfulness practices are used to develop present-moment noticing and calmer responses to stress. These methods are explained simply, and techniques are practised together in sessions.

Julia has worked with a wide range of issues including addictions, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, career and life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also offers support around adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic illness and caregiver stress.

Sessions aim to be practical and down to earth. Clients can expect short-term plans where useful, alongside deeper work on relationship patterns when that is needed. The focus is on clear steps people can try between sessions and checking what is or is not helping.

How her approaches work in online sessions

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. In practice this means noticing how people relate to others and trying new ways of connecting that feel less reactive. Client-centred counselling focuses on the person's own priorities; the counsellor listens, reflects and follows what matters most in each session. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks down difficulties into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses small practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will discuss goals, try methods and adjust based on what helps most. This is a collaborative way of deciding whether to use attachment, client-centred work, CBT or a mix of these approaches for a particular issue.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, because the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into work or family life, reduce travel time and allow short check-ins when that suits a week. They can also allow sessions without being on camera or using less bandwidth if that is needed for practical reasons.

Topics Julia lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• 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
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• HIV and AIDS
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Immigration issues
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Phobias
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• 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
• Visually impaired
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Julia

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed among the main concerns she helps people with.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses client-centred practice alongside attachment-based, emotion-focused and cognitive behavioural methods, plus mindfulness techniques.

How much experience does she have?

She has six years of professional experience as stated in her profile.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in English or from abroad?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as no specific formats are listed in the biography.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start with her?

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