Julie Taylor

I offer a supportive space in which, together, we can work towards insight, awareness, and self-acceptance. I aim to help you make meaning of your experiences and, if desired, to make impactful changes in your life.

I’m a UKCP and BACP Registered Psychotherapist and Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, providing short- and long-term individual therapy to adults. I also teach and research in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

I approach my work with curiosity and integrity, bringing warmth, compassion, and authenticity to the therapeutic relationship.

I hope to communicate with openness and sensitivity, while giving you the time and space you need to express yourself. I will listen, without judgment, and try to help you to better understand yourself and your relationships. I take an engaged and collaborative approach, sharing my thoughts and feelings and asking questions when I believe it is beneficial to do so.

I’m an experienced therapist, and have worked with a full range of issues. Beyond private practice, I’ve also treated counselling and psychotherapy clients in an NHS setting. I’ve worked successfully with a diverse range of clients, including members of the LGBTQ+ community, older clients, people living with disabilities and/or illness, neurodivergent clients, and other counsellors and therapists (both qualified and in training).

Before setting up my private practice, I was a senior university lecturer in English Literature. My interest in language and storytelling persists in my therapeutic practice: I’m attentive to how we narrate our own lives, and the power held in our stories about ourselves and others.

As an integrative psychotherapist, I bring together multiple modalities and techniques to offer a flexible approach to different presenting issues.

My practice is grounded in the core modality of Transactional Analysis (TA), itself an integration of psychoanalytic thought and Humanistic philosophy. TA offers an accessible model for exploring ourselves and our relationships and combines cognitive, emotional, behavioural, relational, and even somatic ways of working. Suitable for both long-term and shorter courses of therapy, TA invites an open and collaborative approach that, while explorative, maintains a sense of purpose.

An integrative approach helps me to find the best way to work with everyone’s unique style of thinking and feeling. For instance, you may be someone who wants space to explore, or you may need more initial support or direction to help you gain the most from our sessions. While some people enjoy working creatively and benefit from using sand tray, drawing, poetry, or guided imagery, others may find it more productive to engage with theoretical models and diagrams. You might be someone who finds it helpful to think carefully about language and your choice of metaphors and images, or you may gain more from attending to your feelings and how they manifest in your body. In practice, we will often move between multiple approaches within a single session, but I find it helpful to have a range of ways into the therapy, and different options to move the work forward if things feel stuck.

I offer a free 15-minute phone or video call before we meet. It’s an opportunity to ask any initial questions about how I work and to talk through practical details such as availability and location. It can also help you decide whether you’d like to book an initial consultation.

The first session is a chance for us to get a sense of how we might work together. I’ll ask you some questions to help us get started, and you’ll have the opportunity to tell me what you’d like from therapy. There will also be time for you to ask any questions you have about how I work. There’s no commitment to continue afterwards; it’s simply a chance to see whether we feel like a good fit.

I offer a supportive space in which, together, we can work towards insight, awareness, and self-acceptance. I aim to help you make meaning of your experiences and, if desired, to make impactful changes in your life.

I’m a UKCP and BACP Registered Psychotherapist and Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, providing short- and long-term individual therapy to adults. I also teach and research in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

I approach my work with curiosity and integrity, bringing warmth, compassion, and authenticity to the therapeutic relationship. 

I hope to communicate with openness and sensitivity, while giving you the time and space you need to express yourself. I will listen, without judgment, and try to help you to better understand yourself and your relationships. I take an engaged and collaborative approach, sharing my thoughts and feelings and asking questions when I believe it is beneficial to do so.

I’m an experienced therapist, and have worked with a full range of issues. Beyond private practice, I’ve also treated counselling and psychotherapy clients in an NHS setting. I’ve worked successfully with a diverse range of clients, including members of the LGBTQ+ community, older clients, people living with disabilities and/or illness, neurodivergent clients, and other counsellors and therapists (both qualified and in training). 

Before setting up my private practice, I was a senior university lecturer in English Literature. My interest in language and storytelling persists in my therapeutic practice: I’m attentive to how we narrate our own lives, and the power held in our stories about ourselves and others.

As an integrative psychotherapist, I bring together multiple modalities and techniques to offer a flexible approach to different presenting issues.

My practice is grounded in the core modality of Transactional Analysis (TA), itself an integration of psychoanalytic thought and Humanistic philosophy. TA offers an accessible model for exploring ourselves and our relationships and combines cognitive, emotional, behavioural, relational, and even somatic ways of working. Suitable for both long-term and shorter courses of therapy, TA invites an open and collaborative approach that, while explorative, maintains a sense of purpose.

An integrative approach helps me to find the best way to work with everyone’s unique style of thinking and feeling. For instance, you may be someone who wants space to explore, or you may need more initial support or direction to help you gain the most from our sessions. While some people enjoy working creatively and benefit from using sand tray, drawing, poetry, or guided imagery, others may find it more productive to engage with theoretical models and diagrams. You might be someone who finds it helpful to think carefully about language and your choice of metaphors and images, or you may gain more from attending to your feelings and how they manifest in your body. In practice, we will often move between multiple approaches within a single session, but I find it helpful to have a range of ways into the therapy, and different options to move the work forward if things feel stuck.

I offer a free 15-minute phone or video call before we meet. It’s an opportunity to ask any initial questions about how I work and to talk through practical details such as availability and location. It can also help you decide whether you’d like to book an initial consultation.

The first session is a chance for us to get a sense of how we might work together. I’ll ask you some questions to help us get started, and you’ll have the opportunity to tell me what you’d like from therapy. There will also be time for you to ask any questions you have about how I work. There’s no commitment to continue afterwards; it’s simply a chance to see whether we feel like a good fit.