Julia Slek , BACP

Julia Slek is a counsellor who helps people facing loss, anxiety and other hard emotions. She uses a warm, non-judgemental approach and listens carefully to what matters to each person. Julia works in English, Russian and Ukrainian and practices within the United Kingdom.

Julia trained as a counsellor and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. She has five years of experience supporting people through bereavement, palliative care concerns and life-limiting illness. She also supports those coping with depression, anxiety, addictions and relationship or intimacy difficulties.

In sessions she follows a person-centred style. That means she treats the client as the expert on their own life and helps them name feelings and choices. Her aim is to create a calm space where people can talk honestly and begin to make practical changes.

Julia draws on trauma-focused methods when past events keep getting in the way of daily life. She also uses Imago-style ideas to look at how relationship patterns form and how communication can change. These approaches are used alongside a client-centred stance to match each person's needs.

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, as well as face-to-face work locally. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, with fees that vary by location and availability. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled from there.

How approaches and online sessions work together

Julia uses Client-Centred Therapy to prioritise the client's experience and pace. This approach helps when someone needs space to talk, sort feelings and make decisions without pressure.

She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events are still causing strong reactions. That method looks at the impact of traumatic experiences and helps reduce their hold on daily life. Imago Relationship Therapy influences her work around relationship patterns, showing how communication and old wounds shape interactions and how to shift those patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then adapt methods as things progress. That way the plan reflects practical needs rather than a fixed model.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video suits fuller conversations and visual connection, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, caregiving and other commitments.