Julie Gregory-Bateman , BACP

Julie Gregory-Bateman is a counsellor who uses a client-centred approach to help people who feel stressed, anxious, grieving or stuck. She works at a pace set by the client and talks through current worries and decisions in a warm, non-judgemental way. Julie is a BACP member and brings four years of practice experience to sessions in the United Kingdom.

She combines client-centred care with cognitive behavioural techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different ways of coping. Julie also draws on attachment-based and trauma-focused ideas when it helps to understand difficult feelings that began earlier in life. Sessions can focus on the present or look back to make sense of recurring patterns and strong emotions.

Her background includes many years in business management across finance, logistics and hospitality, and she uses that experience to understand practical pressures and life transitions. Julie has study in dementia care and works with issues that arise with ageing and end-of-life decisions alongside worries such as isolation, guilt and grief.

She describes her role as offering a steady, supportive presence while people reconsider relationships, commitment, control and purpose. Practical matters like money worries or coping after illness are discussed alongside emotional concerns. Julie aims to help people build clearer awareness and workable steps for change.

Outside work she contributes to local community projects and enjoys time outdoors with her dog and family. If someone thinks Julie might help, the usual first step is a short conversation to see if it feels like a good fit.

How Julie's approaches work online

Julie uses client-centred work to create a listening space where people can speak at their own pace and focus on the issues that matter most to them. This approach helps when someone needs empathy, understanding and gentle guidance to make sense of their current experience.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT to spot thinking patterns that cause distress and to try practical ways of changing them. CBT is helpful for worries, anxiety and problems that benefit from straightforward exercises and steps between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and Julie treats it as a joint task. She will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then adapt methods so they match the person's needs and practical life circumstances.

Online work can be flexible and fit around busy lives. Video calls let people talk face to face from different locations, phone sessions can be quicker or easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or those who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy going alongside work, caring responsibilities and other commitments.