- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Julie-Ann
Julie-Ann Huggins is a counsellor with five years of practice who offers online support for people under stress. She works in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. Her manner is warm and interactive, aiming to help people talk through difficult feelings and find practical steps forward.
She creates an open space where thoughts and emotions can be shared without judgement. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the client and looking for small changes that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Julie-Ann combines counselling and coaching to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding. Her background blends several approaches so she can tailor sessions to the person in front of her. That can mean using values-based work, practical thinking tools, or attention to how early relationships affect today’s behaviour.
The emphasis stays on clear, usable ideas rather than jargon. Julie-Ann commonly supports people facing anxiety, low mood, grief, parenting strain, relationship worries and addictions. She also helps with workplace stress, career decisions, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to neurodiversity or long-term health issues.
Sessions often include conversation, reflection and practical tasks to try between meetings. People who prefer an empathetic, problem-solving style tend to find her approach helpful. She encourages collaborative goal-setting and checks progress each session.
Work is paced to the client’s needs, with a focus on building confidence and clearer choices.
What Julie-Ann works with
Everything Julie-Ann lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Julie-Ann helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Julie-Ann lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Practical approaches for online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice what really matters to them and take small steps that match those values. It can help with anxiety, low mood and motivation by shifting attention from avoiding feelings to building a meaningful life.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviours. It offers clear, structured tools for managing anxiety, sleep problems, low mood and unhelpful habits.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand reactions in close relationships and build new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Julie-Ann will talk with each person to decide which methods suit their situation, goals and preferences. The direction of therapy is agreed together and adjusted as progress is reviewed.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people read facial cues and keep a conversational feel. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can suit quick reflections, written thinking exercises or ongoing support between meetings. These options offer flexibility while keeping the focus on clear, practical progress.
Questions people ask about Julie-Ann
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and parenting strain, as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues and addictions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and interactive, combining counselling and coaching to find practical steps and clearer meaning in daily life.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of experience working as a counsellor and coach and brings an interdisciplinary approach to sessions.
What credentials and location does she have?
She is registered with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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