Julia is a BACP-registered Child Therapist and Social Work England (SWE) registered Social Worker, with nearly 30 years’ professional experience supporting children, young people and families across local authorities, children’s charities and private practice.
She has extensive experience working with children and young people aged 5–18 who experience emotional, social and behavioural difficulties, including anxiety, low self-esteem, emotional regulation, bereavement, school-related anxiety and difficulties with relationships.
Julia has specialist knowledge of developmental trauma, abuse, attachment, fostering and adoption, and provides therapeutic support to parents and carers alongside her direct work with children and young people.
Julia’s areas of expertise include:
Child and adolescent therapy
Developmental trauma and attachment
Anxiety and emotional regulation
Self-esteem and emotional wellbeing
Bereavement, loss and family separation
School-related anxiety
Social relationships and friendship difficulties
Fostering and adoption
Parent and carer therapeutic support
Play, creative arts and storytelling
Relational and attachment-based therapeutic approaches
Julia is an integratively trained therapist whose practice is rooted in relational and attachment-based theory. Her approach is informed by Mentalisation-Based Therapy, Compassionate Mindful Resilience and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP).
She uses a combination of play, art, storytelling and talking therapies, adapting her approach to each child’s developmental stage, individual needs and preferred ways of communicating.
Alongside her therapeutic qualifications, Julia has a professional background in theatre and storytelling. For more than 20 years, she has developed creative projects that combine therapeutic practice with the arts, using fairy tales, story-making and storytelling to support emotional expression, reflection and connection.
Julia’s approach is warm, creative and relationship-focused, recognising the importance of emotional safety, trust and individual expression in helping children and young people explore their experiences and develop confidence.
At Sense Inclusion, Julia provides individual therapeutic intervention for children and young people, alongside parent and carer support. Her work contributes to our wider trauma-responsive and attachment-informed approach, helping children and families develop emotional understanding, strengthen relationships and support wellbeing.
Julia is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and Social Work England (SWE).