Julia Slek , BACP

Julia Slek is a qualified counsellor with five years of professional experience and a special focus on bereavement counselling. She works closely with individuals and families who are coping with loss, palliative care and life-limiting illness, and she is also trained to support people experiencing anxiety, depression and related difficulties. As a person-centred practitioner, she recognises that each client is the expert on their own life and creates a non-judgmental space to explore thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

Julia holds the BACP credential - membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which reflects her commitment to professional standards in counselling practice. She offers a warm, supportive environment aimed at helping clients find their own path forward and practical ways to manage overwhelming emotions or life transitions. Sessions are available in person, online and by phone, and she is available Mondays and Friday afternoons to meet client needs.

Fluent in English, Russian and Ukrainian, Julia is based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She welcomes clients who are ready to begin work on grief, relationship concerns, trauma-related issues and other emotional challenges, and she aims to tailor each session to the individual priorities and pace of the person she is working with.

Approaches That Translate Well to Online Therapy

Julia draws on client-centred therapy, which focuses on creating an accepting, empathetic space where the client leads the pace and content of sessions. This approach helps people explore emotions, build self-understanding and work through life transitions or emotional pain at their own speed.

She also uses trauma-focused therapy when appropriate, which concentrates on processing and integrating difficult experiences in a way that reduces their ongoing impact. Trauma-focused methods are aimed at helping people make sense of traumatic memories and develop more adaptive ways of coping with triggers and distress.

Imago Relationship Therapy is another modality Julia employs for couples work, offering a structured way to improve communication and deepen connection by exploring underlying needs and relational patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Julia works with each client to identify goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and she adjusts methods over time so therapy remains aligned with the client’s needs.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - appointments by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time and allow continuity of care when in-person meetings are difficult. Licensed professionals can deliver effective support through these modalities while tailoring session formats to what works best for each person.