Julia Harvey, BACP

Julia Harvey offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, low energy, grief or anxiety. She helps clients find small, steady changes that make daily life feel more manageable. Her approach is gentle and encouraging, aimed at restoring balance and helping people take back control of their wellbeing.

Julia is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She brings 20 years of professional experience to sessions and uses a holistic lens when working with long term health issues, career difficulties and low mood. Conversations focus on what matters most to the client and on building strategies that fit everyday life.

Her work blends client-centred listening with mindfulness techniques to reduce stress and improve self-awareness. Sessions are relaxed and paced to suit the individual, with practical exercises when useful. Julia also supports people facing grief, changes in relationships, body image concerns and problems with sleep or eating.

Clients who have faced abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties or family of origin concerns will find thoughtful, steady support for processing those experiences. She also offers help for people managing caregiver stress, chronic illness or recovery from significant health setbacks.

Julia frames therapy as a partnership. She encourages clients to explore feelings, notice patterns and try new coping steps. The focus is on realistic goals and on developing tools that fit the client’s life and values.

Client-centred care and mindfulness online

Julia uses client-centred therapy to create a listening space where the person sets the pace and priorities. This approach focuses on understanding each person’s experience and reflecting it back so they feel heard and can make their own decisions about change.

She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. These tools help reduce overwhelm and improve awareness of thoughts, emotions and physical sensations, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and sleep difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julia will collaborate with clients to decide which methods feel most helpful based on their goals and daily routines. She adjusts methods as progress is made so therapy matches each person’s needs.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video helps keep non-verbal cues in view, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good shorter check-in, while chat or messaging allow for quick reflections between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and health limitations, and to continue support when travel or location are barriers.