Julia Eduardo , BACP

Julia Eduardo is an integrative counsellor with ten years of practical experience supporting people through addiction, trauma, relationship difficulties and a wide range of emotional challenges. She began her training with a Diploma in counselling skills before completing a degree in Integrative Counselling, and her work spans both children and adults across community and criminal justice settings.

Her early experience focused heavily on drug and alcohol use and misuse, and she continues to draw on that background when working with clients facing substance-related concerns. In clinical practice she offers person-centred and solution-focused work for issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD and relational problems, combining evidence-informed techniques to suit each person’s needs.

As a neurodivergent practitioner, she pays careful attention to tailoring sessions for clients who benefit from focused, detail-oriented approaches. Her professional history also includes over 15 years in the health sector and voluntary roles across London, Essex, Birmingham, Manchester and Cambridge, which inform a broadly holistic way of supporting people. She aims to create a space where talking and expression are available as choices, and she works integratively to help clients explore, process or bring closure to important chapters in their lives. Julia holds BACP membership, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom, and provides services in English and Lingala.

Approaches that guide online therapy and how they help

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, empathetic environment where the client leads the conversation and the therapist offers support without judgment. This approach helps people who need a safe space to explore feelings, strengthen self-understanding, and build confidence in their decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured method that looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It is practical for addressing anxiety, low mood and unhelpful thinking patterns by learning strategies to reframe thoughts and change coping habits.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) combines acceptance and change strategies and teaches concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness. It can be particularly useful for people who experience intense emotions or struggle with relationship boundaries.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Julia uses her integrative training to discuss options collaboratively with clients, tailoring techniques to each person’s needs, goals and preferences so the work fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and live chat or text messaging provide ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, to maintain continuity when travel or location are barriers, and to access licensed professionals from different places while working on meaningful change.