Julie Durmush

Julie Durmush is a counsellor who blends a person-centred approach with practical methods to help people find clarity and change. She is registered with NCPS (National Counselling Society) and brings six years of experience supporting people through distressing life moments.

Julie aims to offer a warm, compassionate space where someone can be listened to without judgement. Sessions focus on being heard and understood, and on building a trusting relationship that supports the person’s goals. Julie describes core values of humility and kindness as central to her work.

She uses a flexible, integrative style. That means she adapts techniques to suit each person rather than following a single method. Alongside person-centred listening, she draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural ideas, emotionally-focused work, mindfulness and trauma-informed methods when helpful.

Her background includes supporting people with anxiety, depression and mood disorders, grief and loss, trauma and abuse, and difficulties with self-esteem and relationships. She also has experience with workplace trauma, obsessive-compulsive concerns, personality-related issues and gender identity matters including gender dysphoria.

Julie has worked with adults and young people from varied backgrounds and has experience with emergency services. She sometimes offers focused one-off sessions such as a life-balance wheel exercise to bring clarity to priorities and set practical steps forward.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions according to scheduling options via the Start Therapy process.

How Julie's approaches translate to online support

Client-centred work focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship; online sessions keep that same emphasis by giving space for honest conversation and reflective listening. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can be done through discussion, worksheets or short between-session tasks. Trauma-focused and mindfulness methods help people manage distressing memories and build grounding skills, using breathing, body-awareness and paced processing tailored to the individual's pace.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Julie will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and adapt methods as the work progresses, so the plan fits the person's needs rather than following a fixed template.

The practical benefits of online therapy often include easier scheduling and fitting sessions around work or family life, plus the ability to join from different locations when needed. Exact session formats are not specified here, so please confirm available formats before booking. Many people find that having sessions remotely makes it simpler to maintain regular contact and to apply strategies into day-to-day routines.