Ms Ismat Julia Sheikh
Julia’s area of expertise is as a trauma informed specialist with fifteen years of therapeutic experience. She holds lived experience as a former refugee born in Pakistan and arrived as an asylum seeker with her family at age ten. Her passion for cultural connection and supporting clients from diverse cultural and linguistic background is evident in her linguistic talent of five languages. Julia has extensive experience in management of trauma, family separation, loss, work place conflict mana
Diploma in Counselling
Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Panjabi, Punjabi
adolescents, adults, couples, families, groups, forensic population, women, men, gender diverse, elderly
online therapy, person centred therapy, emotion focused therapy, mindfulness, family systems, transactional analysis, solution focused therapy, attachment theory, trauma therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (act), cognitive behavioural therapy (cbt), art therapy, strength based therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing Therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy (dbt)
- depression
- anxiety
- self esteem and confidence
- stress
- trauma
- sexual abuse
- gender and sexual identity
- life changes
- relationship issues
- anger management
- burnout
- motivation and purpose
- conflict management
- break up and divorce
- communication skills
- affairs
- insecurities
- feeling stuck
- loneliness and isolation
- social anxiety
- grief and loss
- sleep issues
- coping issues
- mistrust
- domestic violence
- workplace issues
- abuse
- parenting
- upbringing issues
- sexual identity
- obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd)
- personality disorder
- personal development
- identity
- religion and spirituality
- goal setting
- career change
- lgbtiq issues
- cross-cultural difficulties
- pre-marital preparation
- family issues
- desire issues
- performance anxiety
- post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- self harm
- sexless marriage
- child behaviour and development
- bullying
- migrant adjustment
- issues
- grief
- psycho-social problems
- attachment issues
- emotional control
- acceptance
- educational difficulties
- work-life balance
- crisis management
- mental health and wellbeing
- childhood trauma
- suicide ideation
- disconnection
- professional development
- identity transition
- change and transition
- professional supervision
