Julie Durmush , NCPS

Julie Durmush is a fully qualified therapist who blends a person-centered core with an integrative approach to meet each client’s unique needs. She brings six years of professional experience supporting adults and young people from a range of backgrounds, including work with emergency services. Julie’s practice is grounded in warmth, compassion, humility, and kindness, and she aims to listen without judgment to help people feel heard and understood.

Registered with the National Counselling Society, Julie holds the NCPS credential, which reflects professional registration and adherence to a recognised ethical framework. Her therapeutic style focuses on building a trusting, collaborative relationship so clients can explore their feelings, gain clarity, and find hope for change.

Julie has worked with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD, and issues related to identity and self-esteem. She also addresses more specific areas such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, gender dysphoria, and mood disorders. Therapeutically she uses both established methods and targeted tools - for example, she offers Rewind Therapy and one-off Wheel of Life sessions to help bring focus and balance.

Throughout her work Julie emphasizes empathy and collaboration, walking alongside clients as they work toward their emotional wellbeing.

Therapeutic Approaches for Effective Online Support

Julie works from a person-centered foundation, which means therapy begins with respect for the client’s perspective and an emphasis on empathy and unconditional positive regard. This approach helps people feel understood and supported as they explore their goals and values.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a practical method Julie uses to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and everyday coping skills by teaching tools that can be applied between sessions.

Trauma-Focused Therapy is used when past events continue to affect present-day wellbeing. This approach focuses on understanding the ways trauma shapes responses and on building strategies to reduce distress and improve functioning.

Finding the right combination of approaches is a collaborative process. Julie works with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing people to access licensed professionals from home or while balancing work and family commitments. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to choose the format that feels most comfortable for each person.