Counsellor profile
Julie-Ann Huggins, BACP
Counsellor - stress and relationships
See online counselling options- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Attachment work
About Julie-Ann
Counsellor Julie-Ann Huggins is a BACP member with five years' experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and a wide range of other concerns listed in her practice profile. She offers help to people who want clearer thinking and more workable coping strategies.
Julie-Ann describes her way of working as interactive and solution-focused. She listens to practical problems and helps people identify small changes they can try. Sessions are conversational rather than didactic. She also uses coaching techniques alongside counselling to work on goals and motivation.
Her approach draws on several well-known methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. She uses these methods to help people notice patterns, test new behaviours and make deliberate choices about their values and relationships. That can include practical work on sleep, eating, addiction, or managing mood swings.
Julie-Ann also mentions work with complex life issues such as adoption and foster care, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and grief. She says she helps people explore how past relationships shape present reactions and responses. That can be useful for people trying to understand attachment, abandonment or communication problems.
Sessions are offered in English and international clients can be seen. Costs vary by location and are managed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people are asked to use the site matching process and schedule a first session through the online booking route.
How her approaches work in online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions in that direction, which can help with anxiety, low mood and life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and actions. It includes practical exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and try different behaviours, often useful for anxiety, sleep problems and low mood.
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current reactions and patterns. It helps people understand attachment, abandonment or communication issues and work on more helpful ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Julie-Ann will collaborate with the client to agree which methods to try, based on the person's needs, goals and preferences. That means reviewing progress and adjusting the plan as sessions continue.
The site notes that session formats should be confirmed before booking. Julie-Ann arranges sessions through the online booking process and uses a subscription payment model. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed, but check the current session options on the booking page before you sign up.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, addiction and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her counselling style?
Her style is interactive and solution-focused, combining counselling and coaching to help people set goals and try practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years' experience working as a counsellor and coach.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session through the site.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.