Meet Julie
Hi, I’m Julie.
If you’ve found yourself here, there’s a good chance you’re carrying more than anyone around you realises.
Perhaps everyone else sees someone capable, caring and holding everything together, while inside you’re exhausted from trying to be enough.
I know that feeling well.
For many years, I struggled with my relationship with food and, more importantly, with myself. My journey included restriction, bulimia, binge eating, body shame and a relentless inner critic. Like many of the people I work with today, I believed that if I could just try harder, be better, or get things “right”, I’d finally feel enough.
Looking back now, I can see I wasn’t broken. I was doing the very best I could with what I knew at the time.
Training as a therapist didn’t just give me a new career, it changed the relationship I had with myself.
That journey is one of the reasons I feel so passionate about walking alongside other people as they begin their own.
I didn’t always know I wanted to become a therapist.
For a long time I imagined I’d train as a hypnotherapist, but I never quite took the leap. Instead, I enrolled on a Level 2 Listening Skills course, simply hoping to do something that felt a little more meaningful. Within weeks something quietly clicked into place.
The more I learned, the more certain I became that this is where I belonged. From that point onwards, the people I wanted to support became incredibly clear, and that has never changed.
Outside of the therapy room, I find peace in quiet, beautiful places.
I love listening to the sea, whether it’s calm or crashing against the shore. I could happily sit and watch the ocean for hours….although I have absolutely no desire to go in it!! I love walking in the forest, especially in spring and autumn, and I love spending time with those closest to me.
I also love long coffee dates with friends…although, in the interests of honesty, I’ve never actually liked coffee! A Coke Zero is much more my style…an occassional Chai Latte if I feel adventurous.
When people ask how I work, my answer is always the same.
I don’t believe you’re broken.
I believe the ways you’ve learned to cope have made sense at some point in your life.
Together, we’ll gently make sense of your story, at a pace that feels safe for you, without judgement or pressure to be anyone other than yourself.
My hope isn’t that you leave every session with all the answers, it’s that you leave feeling just a little lighter than when you arrived.
Professionally…
I’m a Registered Member of the BACP and an Integrative Counsellor with specialist experience supporting people with binge eating, emotional eating, body image, self-worth, people-pleasing, and trauma-informed therapy.
I continue to develop my practice through ongoing training, supervision and clinical work because I believe the best therapists never stop learning.
If you’re wondering whether therapy feels like the right next step, I’d love to invite you to arrange a free introductory call.
There’s no pressure and no obligation, just an opportunity for us to see whether we’re the right fit for one another.
Free Introductory Call | In Person Christchurch & Online | £60 | 50 mins