Julie Shankly

My fees are currently £50 per individual session, £70 per couple.

My offices are fully wheelchair accessible at Spaces, 60 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6NP. Nearest underground stations are Cannon Street, Bank Station and Mansion House.

I can also provide on-line therapy through Zoom outside office hours from the comfort of your own home.

My current availability is Tuesday afternoon and evenings, Friday afternoons.

My Zoom availability also includes Saturday mornings and afternoons and Sunday afternoons.

I prefer to work in 6-week blocks and provide a 'Buy 5, Get One Free' plan. (Full, no-quibble, proportional refund of unused sessions)

I work in a specific way which includes asking you to complete a life history form and psychometric test to guage your mood prior to psychotherapy. I then look at your personal life history with you. We also work from Mind Over Mood, Greenberger and Padesky, 2nd Edition.

Psychotherapeutic Qualifications and Experience

• Master’s-qualified psychotherapist. Specialist in couple relationship and sexual therapy.
• Further qualifications and experience in employment coaching, working with children and young adults, and working with adults with autism.
• Couples, Family and One-to-one counselling for couple relationships, individuals, young people and family therapy.
• Suicidal behaviour, depression and anxiety are some of the more frequent issues my client experience.

Experience

• Practitioner for young adults with autism
• Counsellor within the field of employment
• NHS staff Psychotherapist
• Psychotherapist at the Maudsley Hospital Outpatient Clinics within King's College London
• Psychotherapist in a charity with offenders and their families
• Experience within Children and Families Social Services
• Specialist in sexual and relationship therapy
  

Certificates

• Post-graduate certificate in Psychology and Counselling Skills City University, London
• Diploma in Criminology Birkbeck College
• MSc in Systemic and Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
• Certificate in Management and Business Administration from Birkbeck College at LSE

Sessions start weekly and last 50 minutes. They are provided in a central City of London office. The first assessment session is slightly longer although it is the same cost.

I provide 2 questionnaires for clients which I ask to have back at least 24 hours before the first session as it give me some detail and an idea of how I might be able to help

All sessions are 50 minutes and the first session includes the following:

• Introductions and a general overview of the problem(s).
• Brief psychological questionnaire to overview your current mental health in general terms.
• Life history. I shall send this form to you in advance and would appreciate it completed and returned before the first session if possible.
• Administration. The way I work, what I can and cannot do. What you can expect of me. Your rights to confidentiality and a contract of our work together.

Sessions are 50 minutes. The first session may take a little longer.