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Julia Brooker

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Julia Brooker, BACP

United Kingdom

BACP counsellor - anxiety and anger

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Key details

  • CredentialsBACP
  • RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 387157
  • Experience11 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationUnited Kingdom

About

  • Person-centred approach
  • Cognitive behavioural tools
  • ACP and DBT methods

About Julia

Julia Brooker is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years' experience. She works with adults who are coping with anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, addiction, and anger. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, relationship strain and life changes.

Julia uses a person-centred way of working that treats the client as the expert in their own life. She combines that with practical cognitive behavioural tools to look at thoughts, feelings and actions that get in the way. Sessions focus on small, manageable changes rather than big promises.

Her background includes working with a wide range of concerns, such as ADHD, parenting pressures, career stress and compassion fatigue. She also addresses intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, and long-term health or caregiving stress. This breadth means she often links immediate coping skills with longer-term patterns.

In sessions Julia encourages clear goals and simple strategies. That can mean noticing unhelpful thinking, trying different behaviour, or building steady routines for sleep and mood. She aims for straightforward steps people can use between sessions.

Julia draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy alongside attachment-informed ideas when these approaches fit a person's aims. She works in English and with adults living in the UK. To begin, clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and book a first session.

How sessions work

How Julia uses therapy approaches online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them. It works well for anxiety, anger and life changes by encouraging values-led action alongside acceptance of hard emotions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It offers practical exercises and experiments to change patterns that fuel stress, low mood or outbursts. This approach suits people who want clear steps and tools to practise between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julia will discuss goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. That collaborative process means approaches can be adjusted as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Registered or accredited professionals including counsellors often use practical online sessions to focus on skill-building and real-life practice.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

11+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, addiction, anger and related issues such as grief, trauma and relationship strain.

How would she approach my anger or temper?

She uses a person-centred approach alongside cognitive behavioural tools to examine triggers, thoughts and behaviours and to develop manageable strategies for handling anger.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Julia has 11 years' professional experience working with adults on a range of emotional and behavioural concerns.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in a language other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with clients outside the UK?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

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

What do I need to do to start?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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