Julia Slek, BACP

Julia Slek is a counsellor with five years of professional experience who focuses on supporting people through grief, life-limiting illness, and related family challenges. She has particular expertise in bereavement counselling and has worked with clients and their families around palliative care and the practical and emotional impacts of loss. In addition to bereavement work, Julia supports people managing anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, and a wide range of life transitions.

Julia works from a person-centred stance, which means she treats each client as the expert on their own life and creates a non-judgmental space for exploring thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. She also draws on relationship-focused and trauma-informed approaches where appropriate to address patterns in partnerships and responses to past harm. Julia holds the BACP credential - a recognised UK counselling association - reflecting her professional training and standards.

She offers flexible appointment types including in-person, online video, and phone sessions, and is available on Mondays and Friday afternoons. Julia is based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and provides therapy in English, Russian, and Ukrainian. Her practice aims to help people feel heard, develop coping strategies, and find a path forward through difficult times.

Approaches that guide online care and relationship work

Julia integrates client-centred therapy, Imago relationship work, and trauma-focused methods to support clients in different areas of life. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and creating an accepting environment so clients can explore their feelings and find their own solutions - it is suited to people working through stress, low self-esteem, or life changes.

Imago relationship therapy looks at communication patterns and emotional dynamics between partners, helping couples understand and change unhelpful cycles and rebuild connection. Trauma-focused therapy addresses responses to past harm and aims to reduce the ongoing impact of traumatic events on daily functioning and relationships.

Finding the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. Julia works collaboratively with each person or couple to identify which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as work progresses.

Online therapy offers flexible access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, continue work during life transitions, and maintain regular contact with registered professionals and therapists regardless of location within the United Kingdom.