Julia Miles counselling

I am a qualified, registered counsellor with extensive experience. My practice is in North Oxford. It is on bus routes 2 (Oxford Bus Company) and 7A (Stagecoach). I am about ten minutes’ walk from the Banbury Road shops in Summertown.

I qualified with a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Practice from the University of Oxford. I am a BACP accredited counsellor and registered with UKRCP.

I have worked with people to overcome such problems as:

  • addictions to drugs and alcohol, also eating disorders and gambling
  • difficulty in controlling anger
  • anxious or depressed feelings
  • unhappy relationships
  • abuse – sexual, physical, emotional
  • adoption issues
  • anyone who has been involved in the criminal justice system as offender or victim

With so many counsellors to choose between, this information might help you to choose to see me.

It is not always easy to say why you feel the need to talk to someone outside your circle of family and friends, and you might avoid doing so for fear of the problem being too small or embarrassing.

It takes lots of courage to take the first step, but you have already done so by reading this.

So do persist and don’t allow your habitual worries or behaviour to weigh you down, limit your opportunities, or spoil your relationships.

I am trained as a psychodynamic counsellor. This means I start from the belief that for us all, our present state of mind is influenced by unconscious memories of the past. If together, we explore your history, so you can make sense of your experiences and then think about them, you will be empowered in the future to make choices, rather than to be swept along by feelings which are out of control.

I meet my clients once a week for 50 minutes in a quiet and confidential place. Together we explore the present difficulties, and the past issues which have given rise to them.

My aim is to help clients understand why their problems stop them getting what they need, want, and deserve from life.

I am happy to see individual adults, long or short term, and I offer concessions to those on benefits and low incomes.

I look forward to meeting you.