Counsellor profile
Julia Slek, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - grief and relationship concerns
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 390591
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English, Russian, Ukrainian
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Person-centred therapy
- Trauma-focused work
- Imago relationship ideas
About Julia
Julia Slek is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of practice. She works with people facing grief, loss and bereavement and also helps with anxiety, depression, stress, eating concerns, addictions and relationship issues. Julia speaks English, Russian and Ukrainian and combines a practical, listening style with respect for each person’s experience.
Julia uses a person-centred approach that keeps the client’s perspective central. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual - feelings, thoughts and everyday reactions. She pays particular attention to grief and palliative-care related stresses, and to difficulties that come from loss or long-term illness.
Her background includes work supporting people through bereavement and life-limiting illness. That experience shapes how she helps people with intense emotions, uncertainty and practical decisions that follow loss. She aims to help people notice patterns and make choices that feel more manageable day to day.
Julia also draws on trauma-focused methods for people who have been through distressing events. Where relationships cause repeated pain, she uses ideas from Imago relationship therapy to look at how interaction patterns form and repeat. These approaches are used alongside a client-centred stance rather than instead of it.
Practical arrangements vary by location and situation. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, someone would select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Julia uses client-centred counselling to keep the focus on the person’s own goals and experience. That means online sessions often start with what the person wants to address now and how they are coping day to day. This approach helps when someone needs steady listening and practical sense-making after loss or during long-term stress.She also draws on trauma-focused methods to work safely with strong or repeating distressing memories. Trauma-focused work online tends to include careful pacing, grounding strategies and checking in about intensity so the person stays in control of the pace. Imago relationship ideas are used to map interaction patterns and practise clearer communication, which can be useful when someone wants to change how they respond in close relationships.
Finding the right way of working is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practicalities together and choose which combination of approaches fits best. That conversation happens early and can be revisited as needs change.
The biography lists session formats in-person, online and phone, so confirm current session options before booking to be sure they match your needs. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time so conversations can happen sooner.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She helps people with grief, loss and bereavement and with anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, relationship and family concerns including codependency related issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her main style is person-centred counselling that keeps the client’s experience central, combined where needed with trauma-focused and Imago relationship approaches.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of clinical experience working with people affected by bereavement, life-limiting illness and related emotional challenges.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is registered with the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Russian and Ukrainian.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for?
Session cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.