Julie Jamieson, ACA

Julie Jamieson is an ACA counsellor in Australia with five years' clinical experience. She works with adults feeling stuck after major life changes. Common concerns she helps people with include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD and problems with relationships.

Julie focuses on practical conversations that wake up next steps. Sessions look at what is happening now and what gets in the way of moving forward. She uses clear techniques to help with emotion regulation, coping skills and relationship patterns.

Her background covers a wide range of life challenges including abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment problems, chronic illness and caregiver stress. She also supports people facing divorce or separation, domestic violence recovery, and difficulties rooted in family of origin.

Julie draws on Attachment-Based therapy and Client-Centred methods to build understanding of relationship patterns. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy tools for managing mood and behaviour. For people with trauma, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing is part of her toolkit.

The work is collaborative and straightforward. Julie helps people clarify priorities, try out new ways of coping, and plan realistic next steps. To begin she asks clients to describe what feels most urgent and what they hope will be different.

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