Julie Durmush , NCPS

Julie Durmush is a fully qualified therapist who combines a person-centred core with an integrative approach to meet each client's unique needs. She emphasises listening without judgment and brings warmth, compassion, humility and kindness to the therapeutic relationship, creating a space where people can explore feelings, find clarity and consider possibilities for change.

Julie is registered with The National Counselling Society and holds the NCPS credential, indicating her registration with that professional body. She adheres to its ethical framework and professional standards in her practice. Her work places the therapeutic relationship at the centre, with collaboration and trust guiding the process.

She has experience supporting adults and young people from diverse backgrounds and has worked with emergency services. Julie has worked with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, OCD, personality disorders, low self-esteem and confidence, workplace trauma and childhood trauma. She also supports people navigating issues related to sexuality, gender dysphoria, ADHD and mood disorders.

Julie integrates specific techniques where appropriate, including Rewind Therapy, and offers one-off sessions using the wheel of life to help clients identify areas of satisfaction and areas to develop greater balance. She looks forward to supporting emotional well-being and walking alongside clients in their journey toward change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Julie primarily works from a client-centred foundation, which means she follows each person's lead and creates a supportive atmosphere where concerns are heard and explored. This approach helps people who need space to process feelings, build self-awareness and develop their own solutions.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to help identify and shift patterns of thinking and behaviour that contribute to anxiety, low mood and unhelpful coping. CBT offers practical tools for managing symptoms and testing new ways of responding to difficult situations.

For those affected by trauma, Julie incorporates trauma-focused methods to address distressing memories and the emotional impact of past events, aiming to reduce their hold on day-to-day life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and Julie takes a collaborative stance, exploring options with clients and adapting methods to match their needs, goals and preferences. Online therapy makes this flexible collaboration easier to arrange and sustain.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging allow people to access therapy from home or another convenient place, making it simpler to fit sessions around work, family and other commitments. These options increase accessibility and can support continuity of care when in-person meetings are difficult to arrange.