Julia Slek, BACP

Julia Slek is a counsellor who focuses on helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed or lost after major life events. She aims to listen carefully and offer steady support while clients work through grief, anxiety, depression and relationship strains. Julia speaks English, Russian and Ukrainian and practises in the United Kingdom.

Julia uses a person-centred approach that puts the client's experience at the centre of each session. She helps people notice patterns in their thoughts and everyday habits and encourages small, manageable steps forward. Conversations are calm and direct, with room to talk about emotions, behaviours and practical coping strategies.

Her background includes several years supporting people through bereavement, palliative care and life-limiting illness. That work shaped her focus on grief and on how illness affects relationships and daily life. She also supports people with stress, addictions, eating concerns, anger, intimacy-related worries and low self-esteem.

Julia lists Client-Centred Therapy, Imago Relationship Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy among the approaches she draws on. In sessions she blends gentle listening with focused work on what a person wants to change. This can mean talking through painful memories, noticing unhelpful thought patterns, or practising different ways of communicating.

She has five years of experience and holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. Sessions run according to a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How these approaches work online and in conversation

Julia uses Client-Centred Therapy to create a listening space where the client's experience guides the work. This approach is about being heard and understood and helps when someone is unsure what step to take next or needs to process strong feelings.

She also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy to address distressing memories and their effects on daily life. That approach involves working slowly through upsetting experiences and their impact on thoughts, emotions and routines.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Julia will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods might fit best. Together they decide what to try and adjust the plan as needed based on progress and comfort.

Her biography lists in-person, online and phone sessions, but session formats can change, so confirm current options before booking. Online and phone work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Julia will help plan sessions so they fit around daily commitments and the practicalities of life.