Juliette Kirkwood , PACFA

Juliette Kirkwood is a counsellor who combines talk-based work with movement and embodied approaches to support women and other adults. She brings two decades of clinical experience and a calm, steady presence to sessions. Juliette is listed with PACFA which she uses as the credential shown on her profile.

Juliette often supports people dealing with stress and anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and life changes such as career transitions or separation. She also works with concerns like body image, addiction, chronic illness and disability, and attachment or abandonment issues. Sessions aim to help people feel safer in their bodies while they work through thoughts and emotions.

Her background includes running Dance Movement Therapy programs for community organisations and women’s health retreats, and working in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric hospital settings. She also spent five years lecturing in Dance Movement Therapy and embodied arts, which deepened her focus on reflective practice and current research.

Juliette has experience as a school counsellor and has worked with adolescents on anxiety, mood concerns, identity and transitions. In private practice she often works with people who have complex trauma histories and uses approaches that attend to nervous system regulation and embodied awareness.

Her style is collaborative and paced to each person. People can expect a warm, non-judgemental space where talking, movement and body awareness are used together to help them reconnect with themselves and build practical ways to cope.

Approaches that use the body and the mind online

Juliette draws on embodied approaches and trauma-informed methods to help people who find words alone are not enough. Embodied approaches use movement and body awareness to uncover feelings and patterns held in the body, which can be useful for trauma, body image and stress. Trauma-informed methods focus on pacing, nervous system regulation and building safety so people can work through difficult memories without becoming overwhelmed.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Juliette works with each person to try methods that suit their needs, goals and comfort level, and adjusts the pace as trust grows. She discusses options and checks in regularly so the plan evolves with the client's feedback.

Online sessions can be delivered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow movement-based work and face-to-face conversation when needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and suit shorter check-ins or times when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and messaging offer flexible, written check-ins that fit around work, parenting or other commitments, making ongoing therapy easier to maintain.