Julie Shankly

My offices are fully wheelchair accessible at The Small Business Research and Enterprise Centre, 80 Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 5AG (near Guildhall, closest underground: St Paul's) between 10-5pm Monday to Thursday. 

I can also provide on-line therapy through Zoom outside of the above office hours

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 tend to start weekly and last 50 minutes. They are provided in a comfortable, 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.

Please contact me for a sliding scale of fees which start as low as £30 a session. I also offer concessions and discounts.

Psychotherapeutic Approach

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
• Counsellor in a charity with offenders and their families
• Psychotherapist within prisons 
• Experience within Children and Families Social Services, London
• Private practice with individual adults, couples, families, children and young people
• Specialist in sexual and relationship therapy

Qualifications

• Post-graduate certificate in Psychology and Counselling Skills from City University, London
• Diploma in Criminology from 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

Psychotherapeutic / Counselling Approaches

• Systemic psychotherapy focuses on your relationships past, present and future. What patterns of behaviour may or may not be helpful? Some of these patterns come from childhood and families; others come from life experiences. Addressing these 'systems' is often helpful.
• Cognitive behavioural therapy examines how environment, thoughts, behaviours, physical reactions and emotions are interconnected. It is an intervention that challenges unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and improves emotional regulation. 
• Other models including Single Session Therapy, Attachment Theory, Transactional Analysis, Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy and Rogerian Therapy.

I currently see clients over Zoom or at your home or office or face-to-face at my office in the City of London

Sessions tend to be weekly and last 50 minutes. They are provided over Zoom or in person from your home/office. The first assessment session may be slightly longer although it is the same cost. 

I can offer a free 15-minute introductory session. Also, I send 2 forms for clients which helps if they can complete and return before the first session.

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

1. Introductions and a general overview of the problem(s).
2. Brief psychological questionnaire to overview your current mental health in general terms.
3. Life history. I shall send this form to you in advance and would appreciate it completed and returned before the first session if possible.
4. 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.