Julie-Anne Golding

My practice is currently full but I am happy to add you to my waiting list should you wish to pursue therapy with me.  

I work Monday to Friday but please be aware I do not work bank holidays.  

Offering a blend of modalities tailored to individual needs, having trained Psychodynamically & Integratively including Attachment based therapy. My niche is long term support dedicated to helping clients with complicated trauma, but not limited to long term. My developed style of counselling help is not strictly psychodynamic, using a more person centred approach generally. Empathic understanding, Congruence & Unconditional Positive Regard (Non-Judgmental position) at the heart of my approach. Having supported clients from 6 sessions to a number of years, I am open to clients who are looking for short term solutions as well as long term.  

Whether you are looking for help with trust issues, loss, including redundancy, loss of a pet, loss of home, loss of a part of your physicality, loss of material belongings, loss of relationships, to name a few. Struggles with lying (your own or others), faithfulness (your own or others), emotional therapy can help with so many problems you may encounter.

Personal therapy can also help with feelings related to abandonment, personality disorders such as borderline personality disorder, DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder), narcissism, dependent personality, and avoidant personality. 

Young people experiencing anxiety and depression, gender identity confusion and/or acceptance & Older people struggling with the concept of retirement, physical changes and loneliness, help is available.

Help for stress management, OCD & intrusive thoughts, addictions, family issues, bereavement including complicated bereavement which incorporates losing loved ones due to violence and trauma including complicated trauma, which also addresses trauma suffered within family situations.

Supporting individuals in their goals to find inner peace, strength, self-growth and understanding, acceptance and management of difficult emotional & mental health issues.

Offering warmth & experience gained working with issues such as trauma, childhood trauma including abuse, low self-esteem, self-harm, depression, generalised anxiety disorder, separation anxiety, health anxiety, psychosomatic illness and pain, bereavement and loss. I've been privileged to have be entrusted to help so many people regain control over their mental, emotional & physical well being over the last 11 years. 

With a calming influence & ability to promote a sense of ease in clients with past trauma issues, depression, anxiety, OCD, panic attacks, PTSD & more, I offer flexibility on how therapy is delivered using a blend of modalities, recognising one size does not fit all.  

Face to face counselling locally from my own little counselling room accessed at the side of my house, I also have parking space opposite and public transport access very close by. There is a bus which stops two minutes from my house & the train station is a 15 minute walk away. 

Online sessions are available through Zoom if this is your preference and telephone sessions are also possible.  

We are all different in so many ways and experience life events differently as a result.  As unique individuals, each person has the right to be heard & helped if they seek it. You are every bit as entitled to access help which is affordable and accessible to you as anyone else.  Regardless of what your presenting problem is; it is relative to your unique set of circumstances & I will treat you with respect and kindness. 

Clients have ranged in age from Teens to Septuagenarian & have been diverse in gender, culture, creed, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical and learning ability. Anyone who experiences the world and their emotions/thoughts differently to others (Neurodiversity).    

I offer an honest and open space for my clients to feel able to talk about whatever they feel they want to share, in confidence and without judgement and that about sums it up.

At your first assessment session, you will receive an honest and warm discussion about your expectations of the therapeutic relationship. We will cover regularity/term of sessions, discuss the fee, your preferences,  and you will have the opportunity to tell me what has brought you to see me, although you are not under pressure to tell me more than you feel comfortable with.

This first meeting will also be an opportunity for you and I to introduce ourselves and see if we both feel I would be the right counsellor for you.  

This assessment session is offered at the reduced rate of £40:00 payable in advance and will be at least as long as a regular session, 50 minutes, but may take a bit longer if you have a lot you would like to cover. 

NB: Although my starting fee is listed at £55 per session, please be aware that couples and family therapy sessions start at £80 per session.  Concessionary rates are also possible depending on your circumstances and whether I have any available concessionary spaces at the time. 

Fortnightly sessions are also possible, fee adjustment may be necessary but again, this is open for discussion. 

I am registered with the Information Commissioners Office and will take the correct precautions to protect your personal information. 

I am insured and have an up to date DBS Certificate.

I have some availability during the daytime  but always happy to have a chat about what might work for us both. 

I am taking time off  from 15th February returning to practice from 4th March.  

I am currently in training as a Supervisor and as such am willing to offer reduced rates at least whilst I am training and gaining my hours which is likely to take us through to the beginning of Autumn next year at least. I am offering a £40 fee for the hour until my course finishes, this would then increase to £45 and once I receive my certificate, increase again to £50 for the hour.  An hour and a half would simply incur an additional 50 percent of the fee for an hour.  

My core model is Psychodynamic but I also completed a top-up degree in Integrative Counselling which of course means I do have more in my toolbox to draw upon when appropriate.  

Over the years I have developed in style and would say now I work in a person centred way,  but with psychodynamic influences.  

When it feels appropriate, I do employ other models and theories to my practice.  I often use Attachment based therapy, Person Centred, Gestalt and CBT.  

Offering face to face or online supervision sessions, I have a little office/counselling room separate from my house, accessed through a side gate and also separate from my garden.  

Experienced in working with issues such as trauma, childhood trauma, including abuse, low self-esteem, self-harm, depression, generalised anxiety disorder, separation anxiety, health anxiety, psychosomatic illness and pain, bereavement and loss relating to many different things. Losses including redundancy, loss of a pet, loss of home, loss of a part of your physicality, loss of material belongings, loss of relationships and of loved ones and Trust issues.  

I have felt privileged to have been entrusted to help so many people to regain control over their mental, emotional and physical well being over the last 11 years. 

I have also helped those with Personality disorders such as borderline personality disorder, DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder),  dependent personality, and avoidant personality. 

Young people experiencing anxiety and depression, gender identity confusion and/or acceptance and Older people struggling with the concepts of retirement, physical changes and loneliness.   

Stress management, obsessive compulsive disorder and intrusive thoughts, addictions, family issues, bereavement including complicated bereavement which also incorporates losing loved ones due to violence and trauma including complicated trauma, which also addresses trauma suffered within family situations. 

Although my niche is long term support dedicated to helping clients with complicated trauma, I am not limited to long term. 

Clients have ranged in age from young teens to Septuagenarian and have been diverse in gender, culture, creed, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical and learning ability. Anyone who experiences the world and their emotions/thoughts differently to others (Neurodiversity).  

Much like Counselling,  our first session is all about finding out what you are looking for and what I can offer.  

Central to our work together is whether you feel comfortable working with me and vice versa.  

Initially, since I am training, it would be good also to explore our expectations after I qualify as well as whilst I am still in training.