Julie Kirk, BACP

Julie Kirk draws on five years of practice in Leeds, England. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, cope with grief, and navigate parenting and family concerns. Julie works to make first steps toward change feel manageable and clear.

She aims to build an open, non-judgemental space where someone can share thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on listening, understanding what matters to the individual, and setting straightforward goals. Julie uses practical methods to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.

Her approach includes talking through difficult emotions such as anger, emptiness, or relationship strain. She also supports people dealing with sleep problems, career shifts, or life changes linked to illness, ageing, or caregiving stress. Julie works with people affected by trauma, abuse, or experiences connected to family of origin and attachment wounds.

In therapy she blends client-centred listening with techniques from cognitive behavioural work and solution-focused thinking. Narrative ideas may be used to reframe personal stories and motivational interviewing can help with finding reasons to change. Sessions are practical and paced to each person’s needs.

Julie is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers sessions in English and does not take international clients at this time. To begin, clients follow the site process to match with her and arrange sessions according to availability.

Approaches used in online sessions and how they help

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the individual's experience. It helps people feel heard and clarify what they want from life and from therapy.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect. It offers simple, practical exercises to try between meetings and can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.

Motivational Interviewing supports people who are unsure about change by exploring their own reasons and building motivation in small steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods that match those needs. That collaborative process helps make sessions relevant and manageable.

If you are considering online therapy, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed and remove travel time. It can also let someone choose quieter surroundings or avoid being on camera when that helps them engage. Registered or accredited professionals will discuss practical arrangements and adapt sessions to individual circumstances.