warmwordscounselling@hotmail.com 07720 639362
Julie Casper
Psychology BA (Hons)
Diploma in Counselling Skills & Theory
MBACP
My training and experience
I hold a degree in Psychology and a Diploma in Integrative Counselling. Whilst working with clients at York St John Communities Centre and undertaking online counselling sessions for Lindum Outreach, I have supported people from different backgrounds and walks of life. My aim is to enable all my clients to feel valued and heard, to feel less alone and to know that there is hope.
I thoroughly enjoy working with adults of all ages, and also have an interest in supporting young adults and college/university students. Coming to counselling to talk about your pressures, worries and anxieties can help you to feel validated, understood and less isolated.
I have helped clients with different presenting difficulties including anger, abuse, bullying, relationship difficulties and trauma. Below are several other areas in which I have particular experience.
Anxiety can impact our lives in so many ways. Exploring triggers and practising coping strategies can help to manage symptoms of anxiety.
Depression can be all-consuming. Talking about your emotions and developing in self-awareness can support you to understand what makes you feel better.
Low self -esteem affects your confidence and the way you see yourself. Understanding its origins and practising new approaches can be helpful to rediscover your self-belief and to enable you to take new opportunities.
Attachment difficulties are often derived from relationships in your past. Counselling can help you to delve deeper into these to support your self-understanding and to improve current relationships.
Bereavement and loss can be some of the most challenging times in our lives. Talking about and accepting the wide range of emotions involved, enables you to work through your grief with support.
Work-related stress/pressure can leave you feeling overwhelmed. Counselling can help you to offload and to reflect on your work/life balance, becoming an agent for change or finding ways to manage your stress more effectively.
OCD tendencies can become a way of life, but developing self-understanding can support you to implement tools to manage your anxieties and unwanted behaviours.
Procrastination can be debilitating. Exploring your anxieties can help you to understand how to help yourself to feel less stuck and to begin to steadily move forward.
About Counselling
Counselling gives you the opportunity to speak to a trained professional about your struggles. It provides you with a confidential space to talk about your experiences, thoughts and feelings. It can help you to understand yourself and your relationship with others. Support from a counsellor can help you to manage day-to-day worries and st
Counselling gives you the opportunity to speak to a trained professional about your struggles. It provides you with a confidential space to talk about your experiences, thoughts and feelings. It can help you to understand yourself and your relationship with others. Support from a counsellor can help you to manage day-to-day worries and stresses, to reflect on different aspects of your life and to explore difficulties which are impacting your mental health.
People come to counselling for many different reasons. Maybe you're feeling down, feeling stuck or crying more than usual. Are anxious thoughts preventing you from taking opportunities? Are you losing your temper more than usual or struggling to sleep due to overthinking? Some clients feel they are not coping with the pressures of everyda
People come to counselling for many different reasons. Maybe you're feeling down, feeling stuck or crying more than usual. Are anxious thoughts preventing you from taking opportunities? Are you losing your temper more than usual or struggling to sleep due to overthinking? Some clients feel they are not coping with the pressures of everyday life. Others struggle with unresolved issues in the past. Some people want to break free from aspects of themselves which have previously held them back.
Counselling can support you to recognise your choices and to make decisions which are right for you. You might learn coping strategies or anxiety-relieving techniques which help you to manage better. Counselling can also help you to develop in strength, resilience and confidence, enabling you to set boundaries which put your own needs fir
Counselling can support you to recognise your choices and to make decisions which are right for you. You might learn coping strategies or anxiety-relieving techniques which help you to manage better. Counselling can also help you to develop in strength, resilience and confidence, enabling you to set boundaries which put your own needs first. Whatever the reason or whatever you're hoping to get out of it, I am here to support you along the way.
"Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.”
Alice Morse Earle.
My Approach
I am an Integrative Counsellor with a foundation in person-centred therapy. I implement different types of therapy to suit you. Everyone is unique, and the benefits of working in an integrative way is that your sessions are very personalised.
My compassionate, calm approach will help you to ease into the counselling process, where you will feel safe to be yourself and to share what matters to you most. Counselling can sometimes be difficult and painful, but I will be there to help you.
Person-Centred Therapy (PCT) is a type of counselling which puts you at the heart of your counselling sessions. You have the freedom to bring whatever matters to you to each session.. As you explore your life and your difficulties, you will grow in self-understanding and self-acceptance. This approach has many benefits: it can empower yo
Person-Centred Therapy (PCT) is a type of counselling which puts you at the heart of your counselling sessions. You have the freedom to bring whatever matters to you to each session.. As you explore your life and your difficulties, you will grow in self-understanding and self-acceptance. This approach has many benefits: it can empower you to revisit your values, to recognise your worth, to determine your choices and to make changes which are right for you.
I have a particular interest in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which looks at the relationship between your thoughts, feelings and actions. It helps you to break down your problems to change patterns of unhelpful thinking or to manage automatic thoughts. Together, we will explore your thinking to recognise any biases, introduce prac
I have a particular interest in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which looks at the relationship between your thoughts, feelings and actions. It helps you to break down your problems to change patterns of unhelpful thinking or to manage automatic thoughts. Together, we will explore your thinking to recognise any biases, introduce practical strategies and monitor your progress. The aim of CBT is to teach you skills which you can then apply to your everyday life.
My counselling room
I have created a warm, welcoming space in which clients feel comfortable to talk and to open-up. The room is spacious, relaxed, modern and private. Tea/coffee and water are available.
Pricing
I offer a free initial telephone session which can last between 10- 20 minutes. This gives us the opportunity to talk about what you are looking for and how I can help you. You can also ask me any questions.
Sessions are £50 for 50 minutes. I offer discounts for students.
Payment is by bank transfer or cash. The first session should be secured with a payment at the time of booking. Subsequent sessions must be paid at least 24 hours before the session is due to start.
